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24.08.2007

Whereas the tumour suppressor function for p16 has been firmly established, the role of the related gene p15 remains ambiguous.

 

Now, scientist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital in Amsterdam have discovered that p15 can fulfil a critical backup function for p16 and provide an explanation for the frequent loss of p16, p19 and p15 in human tumours.


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The team’s work is published in Nature in the August 23 issue.

The Dutch scientists report that mice deficient for all three genes are dramatically more tumour prone and develop a wider spectrum of tumours than p16 and/or p19 mutant mice, with a preponderance of skin tumours and soft tissue sarcomas (e.g. mesothelioma) of frequently mixed cell types and often showing biphasic differentiation.

Frederique Melman | Source: alphagalileo
Further information:
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7156/abs/nature06084.html

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