PTEN, a putative protein tyrosine phosphatase gene mutated in human brain, breast, and prostate cancer - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 1997 Mar 28;275(5308):1943-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.275.5308.1943.
C Yen, D Liaw, K Podsypanina, S Bose, S I Wang, J Puc, C Miliaresis, L Rodgers, R McCombie, S H Bigner, B C Giovanella, M Ittmann, B Tycko, H Hibshoosh, M H Wigler, R Parsons
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- PMID: 9072974
- DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5308.1943
PTEN, a putative protein tyrosine phosphatase gene mutated in human brain, breast, and prostate cancer
J Li et al. Science. 1997.
Abstract
Mapping of homozygous deletions on human chromosome 10q23 has led to the isolation of a candidate tumor suppressor gene, PTEN, that appears to be mutated at considerable frequency in human cancers. In preliminary screens, mutations of PTEN were detected in 31% (13/42) of glioblastoma cell lines and xenografts, 100% (4/4) of prostate cancer cell lines, 6% (4/65) of breast cancer cell lines and xenografts, and 17% (3/18) of primary glioblastomas. The predicted PTEN product has a protein tyrosine phosphatase domain and extensive homology to tensin, a protein that interacts with actin filaments at focal adhesions. These homologies suggest that PTEN may suppress tumor cell growth by antagonizing protein tyrosine kinases and may regulate tumor cell invasion and metastasis through interactions at focal adhesions.
Comment in
- New tumor suppressor found--twice.
Pennisi E. Pennisi E. Science. 1997 Mar 28;275(5308):1876-8. doi: 10.1126/science.275.5308.1876. Science. 1997. PMID: 9122687 No abstract available.
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