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Tissue selectivity in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1-associated tumorigenesis.
- Source :
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Cancer research [Cancer Res] 2009 Aug 15; Vol. 69 (16), pp. 6371-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Aug 04. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The phenotype of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome cannot be explained solely by the expression pattern of the predisposing gene MEN1 and its encoded protein, menin. This review addresses putative factors determining MEN1-associated tissue-selective tumorigenesis. Menin's interaction with mixed-lineage leukemia protein-containing histone methyl transferase (MLL-HMT) complex mediates tissue-selective tumor-suppressing and tumor-promoting effects of menin, and as such could be decisive for the predisposition of individual tissues to MEN1-associated tumorigenesis. In tissues in which menin acts as a tumor suppressor, tumorigenesis could depend on the inability of such tissues to adequately compensate for MEN1 gene loss, whereas the variable clinical presentation of MEN1 in individual patients could be a reflection of additional epigenetic factors and/or modifier genes. Further research on this topic may facilitate development of novel therapeutic strategies that could prevent or delay the onset of MEN1-associated tumorigenesis.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Gene Deletion
Humans
Models, Biological
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 complications
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 genetics
Neoplasms etiology
Organ Specificity genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins physiology
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic genetics
Neoplasms genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1538-7445
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Cancer research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19654304
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-0678