Molecular genetics of thyroid and parathyroid neoplasia.
There have been several recent advances in the understanding of the process of carcinogenesis in the thyroid and parathyroid glands. The specific abnormal molecules are, in many instances, well understood. This review provides an overview of the molecules in the cell that regulate cell growth and proliferation and identifies the molecules that have been found to be abnormal (or mutant) in various types of thyroid and parathyroid neoplasia.
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Department of Molecular Genetics, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics; D002455:Cell Division; D016213:Cyclins / Q000235:genetics; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011989:Receptors, Thyrotropin / Q000235:genetics; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
D016213:Cyclins; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011989:Receptors, Thyrotropin; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C416649:Ret protein, Drosophila