NLK is a novel therapeutic target for PTEN deficient tumour cells.

PTEN (Phosphatase and tensin homolog) is a tumour suppressor gene commonly defective in human cancer, and is thus a potentially important therapeutic target. Targeting tumour suppressor loss-of-function is possible by exploiting the genetic concept of synthetic lethality (SL). By combining the use o...

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Main Authors: Ana M Mendes-Pereira, Christopher J Lord, Alan Ashworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23144700/pdf/?tool=EBI