Smoothened gene alterations in keratocystic odontogenic tumors

Zhang Rui,Peng Li-Ying,Qu Jia-Fei,Hong Ying-Ying,Chen Feng,Li Tie-jun

Smoothened gene alterations in keratocystic odontogenic tumors

2014

Zhang Rui
Peng Li-Ying
Qu Jia-Fei
Hong Ying-Ying
Chen Feng
Li Tie-jun

Background It has been widely demonstrated that the hedgehog pathway is strongly associated with basal cell carcinoma of the skin (NBCCS). To assess potential DNA alterations related to keratocystic odontogenic tumors (KCOTs), we sequenced smoothened (SMO) genes in 12 sporadic KCOTs.

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Smoothened Receptor
Hedgehog signaling pathway
Odontogenic
Gene
Basal cell carcinoma
Smoothened
Cancer research
Medicine
Polymerase chain reaction
Pathology
Missense mutation
gene mutation
Sonic hedgehog

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