title: A role for ATM in hereditary pancreatic cancer.
abstract: The genetic risk factors that contribute to pancreatic cancers are largely unknown. A new next-generation sequencing study by Roberts and colleagues now adds ATM to the list of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma predisposition genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Janine L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.forename: Johan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Winter
mesh_terms: D001260:Ataxia Telangiectasia / Q000235:genetics*; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000235:genetics*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C576324:ATM protein, human; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases