Molecular basis of medullary thyroid carcinoma: The role of RET polymorphisms

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 221-239

  Ceolin, Lucieli ^a   Siqueira, Débora R ^a   Romitti, Mírian ^a   Ferreira, Carla V ^a   Maia, Ana Luiza ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Prognosis; RET polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN RET; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITARY THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; ONSET AGE; PROTO ONCOGENE; RET GENE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SIPPLE SYNDROME; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPORADIC THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856301368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13010221     Document Type: Review

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