hamartin

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noun

A peripheral membrane protein encoded in humans by the TSC1 gene, and implicated as a tumor suppressor.

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Meanings

nounhamartin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryA peripheral membrane protein encoded in humans by the TSC1 gene, and implicated as a tumor suppressor.

    Notably, in breast cancer, relative low expression of hamartin and tuberin (TSC1 and TSC2 products, respectively) is associated with poor clinical outcome, and depletion of tuberin promotes metastasis.

    2015 July 14, “Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Biomarkers Linked to Lung Metastatic Potential and Cell Stemness”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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