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SUBMITTER: Gong Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5198112 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) 20161227 2
Mutation of the PARK2 gene can promote both Parkinson's Disease and cancer, yet the underlying mechanisms of how PARK2 controls cellular physiology is incompletely understood. Here, we show that the PARK2 tumor suppressor controls the apoptotic regulator BCL-XL and modulates programmed cell death. Analysis of approximately 10,000 tumor genomes uncovers a striking pattern of mutual exclusivity between PARK2 genetic loss and amplification of BCL2L1, implicating these genes in a common pathway. PAR ...[more]