Loss of the NKX3.1 tumorsuppressor promotes the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene expression in prostate cancer
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Significance of the TMPRSS2:ERG gene fusion in prostate cancer
The transmembrane protease serine 2:v‑ets erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene homolog (TMPRSS2:ERG) gene fusion is common in prostate cancer, while its functional role is not fully understood. The present study aimed to investigate the significance of the TMPRSS2:ERG gene fusion in human prostate cancers using bioinformatics tools. Comprehensive alteration analysis of TMPRSS2 and ERG in 148 dif...
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PURPOSE Fusion of the TMPRSS2 prostate-specific gene with the ERG transcription factor is a putatively oncogenic gene rearrangement that is commonly found in prostate cancer tissue from men undergoing prostatectomy. However, the prevalence of the fusion was less common in samples of transurethral resection of the prostate from a Swedish cohort of patients with incidental prostate cancer followe...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Cancer
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-2407
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-16