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Oncogenes: mode of activation, associated tumors
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Biology
Post-Graduate
09/15/2011

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Term
SIS (aka PBGFB)
Definition
PDGF-B chain GF
overexpression
Astrocytoma, osteosarcoma
Term
HST1
Definition
Fibroblast GF
overexpression
Stomach cancer
Term
INT2 (aka FGF3)
Definition
Fibroblast GF
amplification
Bladder cancer, breast cancer, melanoma
Term
TGFA
Definition
TGF-a GF
overexpression
Astrocytoma, hepatocellular carcinoma
Term
HGF
Definition
HGF
overexpression
Thyroid cancer
Term
ERBB1 (EGFR), ERRB2
Definition
EGF-receptor family
overexpression
SCC of lung, gliomas
Term
FLT3
Definition
FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (GF receptor)
amplification
Breast and ovarian cancers
Term
RET
Definition
Receptor for neurotrophic factors
point mutation
Leukemia
Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2A and B
Familial medullary thyroid carcinomas
Term
PDGFRB
Definition
PDGF Receptor
overexpression, translocation
Gliomas, leukemias
Term
KIT
Definition
Receptor for stem cell (steel) factor
point mutation
GI stromal tumors, seminomas, leukemias
Term
KRAS
Definition
GTP-binding (protein in signal transduction)
point mutation
colon, lung, pancreatic tumors
Term
HRAS
Definition
GTP-binding (protein in signal transduction)
point mutation
Bladder and kidney tumors
Term
NRAS
Definition
GTP-binding (protein in signal transduction)
point mutation
Melanomas, hematologic malignancies
Term
ABL
Definition
Nonreceptor tyrosine kinase (protein in signal transduction)
translocation
Chronic myeloid leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Term
BRAF
Definition
RAS signal transduction
point mutation
Melanomas
Term
B-catenin
Definition
WNT signal transduction
point mutation, overexpressed
Hepatoblastomas, hepatocellular carcinoma
Term
C-MYC
Definition
Transcriptional activator (nuclear reg. protein)
translocation
Burkitt lymphoma
Term
N-MYC
Definition
Transcriptional activator (nuclear reg. protein)
amplification
Neuroblastoma, small-cell carcinoma of lung
Term
L-MYC
Definition
Transcriptional activator (nuclear reg. protein)
amplification
Small-cell carcinoma of lung
Term
Cyclin D
Definition
Cyclin, cell cycle regulator
Translocation: Mantle cell lymphoma
Amplification: Breast & esophageal cancers
Term
Cyclin E
Definition
cyclin cell cycle regulator
overexpression
Breast cancer
Term
CDK4
Definition
Cyclin-dependent kinase, cell cycle regulator
amplification or point mutation
Glioblastoma, melanoma, sarcoma
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