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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
DISEASE(S): dermal neurofibroma
SUBMITTER: Hugues Ripoche
PROVIDER: E-TABM-69 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Lévy Pascale P Ripoche Hugues H Laurendeau Ingrid I Lazar Vladimir V Ortonne Nicolas N Parfait Béatrice B Leroy Karen K Wechsler Janine J Salmon Isabelle I Wolkenstein Pierre P Dessen Philippe P Vidaud Michel M Vidaud Dominique D Bièche Ivan I
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20070103 2 Pt 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant disorder with a complex variety of clinical manifestations. The hallmark of NF1 is the onset of heterogeneous (dermal or plexiform) benign neurofibromas. Plexiform neurofibromas can give rise to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, which are resistant to conventional therapies.<h4>Experimental design</h4>To identify new signaling pathways involved in the malignant transformation of plexiform neurofibromas, we applied a ...[more]