title: RET oncogene.
abstract: RET mutations have been identified as the underlying cause of two congenital diseases that predominately affect tissues of neural crest origin: the MEN 2 cancer syndromes and a proportion of cases of dominantly inherited Hirschsprung disease, a disorder of gut development. This review summarizes the disease-causing mutations and our present understanding of their possible effects on RET protein function.
authors.affiliation: CRC Human Cancer Genetics Group, University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Mak
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ponder
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D018813:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C416649:Ret protein, Drosophila