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ArticleThe Journal of pathology2012

'The chicken or the egg?' dilemma strikes back for the controlling mechanism in chordoma(#).

Karoly Szuhai, Pancras C W Hogendoorn

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Article in The Journal of pathology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Molecular profiling of chordoma.International journal of oncology · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Karoly SzuhaiDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2330 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Pancras C W Hogendoorn

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chordoma is a rare malignant tumour of bone showing notochordal differentiation with characteristic expression of the transcription factor brachyury (T). Next to giving insight into its differentiation spectrum, the expression of T can be used as an adjunct diagnostic tool. The expression of brachyury in chordoma is necessary to maintain cell proliferation in chordoma cell lines, indicating that in chordoma it might be a master regulator of oncogenesis. Identification and mapping of the full gene regulatory network in a recent work in The Journal of Pathology by Nelson and colleagues not only shed light on involved pathways but also indicated pathways for targeted therapy, including brachyury itself.

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GenomicsAnimalsBone NeoplasmsBrachyury ProteinChordomaFetal ProteinsHumansT-Box Domain ProteinsBrachyury ProteinFetal ProteinsT-Box Domain Proteins

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PMID22952146

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