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      The Dachshund gene in development and hormone-responsive tumorigenesis.

      Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
      Animals, Cell Differentiation, Drosophila, genetics, growth & development, metabolism, Drosophila Proteins, Eye Proteins, Female, Humans, Male, Mice, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Neoplasms, pathology, Nuclear Proteins, Protein Isoforms, Retina, Transcription Factors

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          The dachshund (dac) gene was initially described as a mutant phenotype in flies featuring extremely short legs relative to their body length. Functioning as a dominant suppressor of the ellipse mutation, a hypermorphic allele of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR), the dac gene plays a key role in metazoan development, regulating ocular, limb, brain, and gonadal development. In the Drosophila eye, dac is a key component of the Retinal Determination Gene Network (RDGN) governing the normal initiation of the morphogenetic furrow and thereby eye development. Recent studies have demonstrated an important role for human Dachshund homologue (DACH1) in tumorigenesis, in particular, breast, prostate and ovarian cancer. The molecular mechanisms by which DACH1 regulates differentiation and tumorigenesis are discussed herein.

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