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Review
. 2006 Aug;6(8):593-602.
doi: 10.1038/nrc1947.

Lineage dependency and lineage-survival oncogenes in human cancer

Levi A Garraway  1 , William R Sellers
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Lineage dependency and lineage-survival oncogenes in human cancer

Levi A Garraway et al. Nat Rev Cancer. 2006 Aug.

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  • Nat Rev Cancer. 2006 Sep;6(9):742

Abstract

Although cell-lineage and differentiation models dominate tumour classification and treatment, the recognition that cancer is also a genomic disease has prompted a reconfiguration of cancer taxonomies according to molecular criteria. Recent evidence indicates that a synthesis of lineage-based and genetic paradigms might offer new insights into crucial and therapeutically pliable tumour dependencies. For example, MITF (microphthalmia-associated transcription factor), which is a master regulator of the melanocyte lineage, might become a melanoma oncogene when deregulated in certain genetic contexts. MITF and other lineage-survival genes therefore implicate lineage dependency (or lineage addiction) as a newly recognized mechanism that is affected by tumour genetic alterations.

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