Gene signature associated with benign neurofibroma transformation to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.

Benign neurofibromas, the main phenotypic manifestations of the rare neurological disorder neurofibromatosis type 1, degenerate to malignant tumors associated to poor prognosis in about 10% of patients. Despite efforts in the field of (epi)genomics, the lack of prognostic biomarkers with which to pr...

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Main Authors: Marta Martínez, Carlos O S Sorzano, Alberto Pascual-Montano, Jose M Carazo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5443557?pdf=render