Meningiomas are common tumors in adults, which develop from the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Loss-of-function mutations or deletion of the NF2 gene, resulting in loss of the encoded Merlin protein, lead to Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), but also cause the formation of sporadic meningiomas. It was shown that inactivation of Nf2 in mice caused meningioma formation. Another meningioma tumor-suppressor candidate is the receptor-like density-enhanced phosphatase-1 (DEP-1), encoded by PTPRJ.
from Journal of the Neurological Sciences https://ift.tt/32RBm9V
from Journal of the Neurological Sciences https://ift.tt/32RBm9V
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