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Nature Genetics 38, 1060–1065 (1 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/ng1855

Augmentation of tumor angiogenesis by a Myc-activated microRNA cluster

Michael Dews , Asal Homayouni , Duonan Yu , Danielle Murphy , Cinzia Sevignani , Erik Wentzel , Emma E Furth , William M Lee , Greg H Enders , Joshua T Mendell & Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko

Human adenocarcinomas commonly harbor mutations in the KRAS and MYC proto-oncogenes and the TP53 tumor suppressor gene. All three genetic lesions are potentially pro-angiogenic, as they sustain production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).