nephroblastoma

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nephroblastoma

[¦nef·rə·bla′stō·mə]
(medicine)
Wilms' tumor
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The WT-1 gene product is not present in all nephroblastomas and may be present in various other tumors.
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Reduce Progression of Experimental Chronic Kidney Disease but Develop Wilms' Tumors
The bovine nephroblastoma overexpressed (NOV) gene is positioned near RM192 on bovine chromosome 14 (Lee et al., 2011).
Genetic polymorphisms of the bovine NOV gene are significantly associated with carcass traits in Korean cattle
Macroscopically, nephroblastomas are often very large and heterogeneous, with cystic, necrotic and haemorrhagic areas (Fig.
Wilms' tumour (nephroblastoma): Wilms' tumour is generally found only in children and very rarely in adults
Such a minimally differentiated status is rare in adulthood tumors but common in some childhood tumors (e.g., nephroblastomas, teratomas) that are derived from immature embryonal-like cells (Gisselsson 2007).
Arsenic exposure transforms human epithelial stem/progenitor cells into a cancer stem-like phenotype
By 10am Monday morning they gave us the diagnosis." Medics told Angela and Francis Aiva had a Wilms' tumour - or nephroblastomas - which affects just 70 UK youngsters each year.
BRAVE LITTLE AIVA IN RACE FOR LIFE; Five-year-old is running 5km to 'make money for new cancer medicines'

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