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A new mechanism of BRAF activation in human thyroid papillary carcinomas
Alfredo Fusco, … , Giuseppe Viglietto, Massimo Santoro
Alfredo Fusco, … , Giuseppe Viglietto, Massimo Santoro
Published January 3, 2005
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2005;115(1):20-23. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI23987.
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A new mechanism of BRAF activation in human thyroid papillary carcinomas

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In this issue of the JCI, Ciampi et al. report the identification of a novel oncogene in patients affected by radiation-associated thyroid papillary carcinomas. This oncogene derives from a paracentric inversion of the long arm of chromosome 7, which results in an in-frame fusion of the N-terminus of the A-kinase anchor protein 9 (AKAP9) gene with the C-terminal catalytic domain (exons 9–18) of the serine-threonine kinase BRAF. The resulting AKAP9-BRAF fusion protein shows constitutive kinase activity, and it is able to transmit mitogenic signals to the MAPK pathways and to promote malignant transformation of NIH3T3 cells.

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Alfredo Fusco, Giuseppe Viglietto, Massimo Santoro

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