PTEN/MMAC1/TEP1 in signal transduction and tumorigenesis
β Scribed by Arnaud Besson; Stephen M. Robbins; V. Wee Yong
- Book ID
- 114430000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 414 KB
- Volume
- 263
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1327
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The PTEN/MMAC1/TEP1 gene has been isolated as a tumor suppressor gene that is altered in several types of human tumors including brain, breast, and prostate cancers. In the present study, we report PTEN/MMAC1/TEP1 alterations in human lung cancers. Intragenic homozygous deletions were detected in 6
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Inactivation of the tumor suppressor gene __PTEN__/__MMAC1__/__TEP1__, located on chromosome 10q23, is a common event in advanced stages of diverse human malignancies. However, the prognostic role of __PTEN__ expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has