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Results 1 - 10 of 43 for Prevent skin cancer
  1. TGFBR1 gene 
    ... I (described above), the mutations that cause MSSE prevent the production of ... the skin cancers to form. The mechanism responsible for the spontaneous ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/tgfbr1 - Genetics
  2. RECQL4 gene 
    ... the protein. A shortage of this protein may prevent normal DNA replication and ... cancers.Because Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, Baller-Gerold syndrome, and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/recql4 - Genetics
  3. CTNNB1 gene 
    ... These include colorectal, liver, thyroid, ovarian, endometrial, and skin cancers, as well as a type of brain tumor called a medulloblastoma, among others. Studies suggest that gain-of-function mutations in the CTNNB1 gene prevent the breakdown of beta-catenin when it is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/ctnnb1 - Genetics
  4. POLH gene 
    ... DNA polymerase eta. A loss of this enzyme prevents cells from replicating ... risk of developing skin cancer in areas where the skin is exposed to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/polh - Genetics
  5. BLM gene 
    ... the copying process. The BLM protein helps to prevent excess sister chromatid exchanges ... a greatly increased risk of cancer. One particular BLM gene mutation causes almost all ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/blm - Genetics
  6. FERMT1 gene 
    ... a group of genetic conditions that cause the skin to be very fragile and to ... in the FERMT1 gene prevent the production of any functional kindlin-1. A ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/fermt1 - Genetics
  7. PTCH1 gene 
    ... associated with a non-hereditary (sporadic) type of skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma. Other sporadic types of ... in the PTCH1 gene, including some forms of skin cancer, a childhood brain tumor called medulloblastoma, breast cancer, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/ptch1 - Genetics
  8. FAT4 gene 
    ... many types of cancers, including a type of skin cancer called head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer called melanoma, a liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/fat4 - Genetics
  9. RB1 gene 
    ... such as muscle, and an aggressive form of skin cancer called melanoma.Non-germinal retinoblastoma occurs in people ... mutations in both copies of the RB1 gene prevent the cells from producing any functional pRB. The ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/rb1 - Genetics
  10. PTEN gene 
    ... and astrocytomas, and in an aggressive form of skin cancer called melanoma. Mutations in the PTEN gene reduce ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/pten - Genetics
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