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Abstract
The most recently discovered PTEN tumor suppressor gene has been found to be defective in a large number of human cancers. In addition, germ-line mutations in PTEN result in the dominantly inherited disease Cowden syndrome, which is characterized by multiple hamartomas and a high proclivity for developing cancer. A series of publications over the past year now suggest a mechanism by which PTEN loss of function results in tumors. PTEN appears to negatively control the phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathway for regulation of cell growth and survival by dephosphorylating the 3 position of phosphoinositides.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10200246 PMCID: PMC33561 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.8.4240
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205