Contribution of classical end-joining to PTEN inactivation in p53-mediated glioblastoma formation and drug-resistant survival

Autor: Youn-Jung Kang, Barbara Balter, Eva Csizmadia, Brian Haas, Himanshu Sharma, Roderick Bronson, Catherine T. Yan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14013
Popis: We know that defects in DNA repair genes are associated with cancer development. Here the authors eliminate XRCC4, a non-homologous end-joining protein, and p53 in the developing brain and find that this causes glioblastoma development as a consequence of reduced PTEN function.
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