Genome-wide profile of pleural mesothelioma versus parietal and visceral pleura: the emerging gene portrait of the mesothelioma phenotype.

BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural mesothelioma is considered an almost incurable tumour with increasing incidence worldwide. It usually develops in the parietal pleura, from mesothelial lining or submesothelial cells, subsequently invading the visceral pleura. Chromosomal and genomic aberrations of meso...

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Main Authors: Oluf Dimitri Røe, Endre Anderssen, Eli Helge, Caroline Hild Pettersen, Karina Standahl Olsen, Helmut Sandeck, Rune Haaverstad, Steinar Lundgren, Erik Larsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2717215?pdf=render