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ArticleBreast cancer research : BCR2012

Are breast cancers driven by fusion genes?

Paul A W Edwards, Karen D Howarth

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Article in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Paul A W EdwardsHutchison/MRC Research Centre and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XZ, UK. pawe1@cam.ac.uk
Karen D Howarth

Funding

Breast Cancer Now 2008NOVPR21Cancer Research UK 14545
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For many years, it was assumed that gene fusions were a type of mutation confined largely to leukemias and sarcomas. However, fusion genes are now known to be important in several epithelial cancers and a number have been described in breast cancers. In the December 2011 issue of Nature Medicine, Robinson and colleagues reported many more gene fusions -including the first recurrent fusion, SEC16A-NOTCH1 - in breast cancers. Several genes, including members of the MAST (microtubule-associated serine threonine) kinase and Notch gene families, are fused more than once. This finding supports an emerging story that most breast cancers express a number of fusion genes.

Indexed as

Gene FusionBreast NeoplasmsFemaleFusion Proteins, bcr-ablHumansMaleMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsProstatic NeoplasmsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptor, Notch1Vesicular Transport ProteinsFusion Proteins, bcr-ablMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNOTCH1 protein, humanProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptor, Notch1SEC16A protein, humanVesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID22424054
PMCPMC3446366

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