Lysosomal-associated protein multispanning transmembrane 5 gene (LAPTM5) is associated with spontaneous regression of neuroblastomas.

BACKGROUND:Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most frequently occurring solid tumor in children, and shows heterogeneous clinical behavior. Favorable tumors, which are usually detected by mass screening based on increased levels of catecholamines in urine, regress spontaneously via programmed cell death (PCD...

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Main Authors: Jun Inoue, Akiko Misawa, Yukichi Tanaka, Shizuko Ichinose, Yuriko Sugino, Hajime Hosoi, Tohru Sugimoto, Issei Imoto, Johji Inazawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2746316?pdf=render