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Results 1 - 10 of 73 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. Xeroderma pigmentosum 
    ... 000 times more likely to develop non-melanoma skin cancer and up to 2,000 times more likely to develop melanoma skin cancer compared to individuals without this condition. The types ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/xeroderma-pigmentosum - Genetics
  8. Gorlin syndrome 
    ... carcinoma, which is the most common form of skin cancer. Individuals with Gorlin syndrome typically begin to develop ... United States, fewer than 1 percent of these skin cancers are related to Gorlin syndrome. Mutations in the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/gorlin-syndrome - Genetics
  9. 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
  10. 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
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