Wilms' tumours: about tumour suppressor genes, an oncogene and a chameleon gene
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Huff, Vicki
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Univ Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Genet, Unit 1010, Houston, TX 77030 USA
UT Houston Grad Sch Biomed Sci, Grad Program Genes & Dev, Houston, TX 77025 USA
UT Houston Grad Sch Biomed Sci, Grad Program Human Mol Genet, Houston, TX 77025 USAUniv Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Genet, Unit 1010, Houston, TX 77030 USA
Huff, Vicki
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[1] Univ Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Genet, Unit 1010, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] UT Houston Grad Sch Biomed Sci, Grad Program Genes & Dev, Houston, TX 77025 USA
[3] UT Houston Grad Sch Biomed Sci, Grad Program Human Mol Genet, Houston, TX 77025 USA
Genes identified as being mutated in Wilms' tumour include TP53, a classic tumour suppressor gene (TSG); CTNNB1 (encoding beta-catenin), a classic oncogene; WTX, which accumulating data indicate is a TSG; and WT1, which is inactivated in some Wilms' tumours, similar to a TSG. However, WT1 does not always conform to the TSG label, and some data indicate that WT1 enhances cell survival and proliferation, like an oncogene. Is WT1 a chameleon, functioning as either a TSG or an oncogene, depending on cellular context? Are these labels even appropriate for describing and understanding the function of WT1?
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NYU, Sch Med, Div Pediat Oncol, New York, NY USANorthwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Morrison, Debra J.
Kim, Marianne K. H.
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Northwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USANorthwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Kim, Marianne K. H.
Berkofsky-Fessier, Windy
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Hoffmann La Roche Inc, Sect Bioinformat Genet & Genom, Nutley, NJ 07110 USANorthwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Berkofsky-Fessier, Windy
Licht, Jonathan D.
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Northwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USANorthwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
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NYU, Sch Med, Div Pediat Oncol, New York, NY USANorthwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Morrison, Debra J.
Kim, Marianne K. H.
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Northwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USANorthwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Kim, Marianne K. H.
Berkofsky-Fessier, Windy
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Hoffmann La Roche Inc, Sect Bioinformat Genet & Genom, Nutley, NJ 07110 USANorthwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
Berkofsky-Fessier, Windy
Licht, Jonathan D.
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Northwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USANorthwestern Univ, Div Hematol Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Robert H Lurie Canc Ctr, Chicago, IL 60611 USA