Absence of the RET+3:T allele in the MTC patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The mutations of the RET proto-oncogene contributes to the development of MTC by increasing the activity of the receptor encoded by this gene. Variant T of polymorphism rs2435357 located in the enhancer of the RET gene reduces the enhancer’s activity. The opposit...

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Main Authors: Borun Pawel, Jerzy Sowinski, Ziemnicka Katarzyna, Kubaszewski Lukasz, Lipinski Daniel, Plawski Andrzej
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://www.hccpjournal.com/content/10/1/14