Deciphering von Hippel-Lindau (VHL/Vhl)-associated pancreatic manifestations by inactivating Vhl in specific pancreatic cell populations.

The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome is a pleomorphic familial disease characterized by the development of highly vascularized tumors, such as hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system, pheochromocytomas, renal cell carcinomas, cysts and neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas. Up to 75% of VHL...

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Main Authors: H-C Jennifer Shen, Asha Adem, Kris Ylaya, Arianne Wilson, Mei He, Dominique Lorang, Stephen M Hewitt, Klaus Pechhold, David M Harlan, Irina A Lubensky, Laura S Schmidt, W Marston Linehan, Steven K Libutti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2660574?pdf=render