A role for ATM in hereditary pancreatic cancer

Cancer Discov. 2012 Jan;2(1):14-5. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-11-0318.

Abstract

The genetic risk factors that contribute to pancreatic cancers are largely unknown. A new next-generation sequencing study by Roberts and colleagues now adds ATM to the list of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma predisposition genes.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Ataxia Telangiectasia / genetics*
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / genetics*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / genetics*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / genetics*
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • ATM protein, human
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases