Essays about: "WT1 gene"

Found 1 essay containing the words WT1 gene.

  1. 1. The WT1-gene – its role in tumourigenesis and prospects for developing a vaccine

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Ingrid Lindstedt; [2014]
    Keywords : WT1 gene; tumourigenesis; prospects for developing a vaccine; vaccine;

    Abstract : The WT1 gene is a complex gene originally known to suppress cancer in kidneys. Studies of WT1 knockout mice have confirmed the important role of WT1 in the pathogenesis of Wilms’ tumour, a tumour which counts for 95% of all childhood renal tumours. In that case the WT1 gene acts as a tumour suppressor gene. READ MORE