A mouse model of PTEN Hamartoma Tumour Syndrome reveals that loss of the nuclear function of PTEN drives macrocephaly, lymphoid overgrowth, and late-onset cancer
Priyanka Tibarewal, Victoria Rathbone, Sarah E. Conduit…·Bart Vanhaesebroeck
This study shows that a specific PTEN mutation causes macrocephaly, lymphoid overgrowth, and late-onset cancer in mice by impairing nuclear PTEN functions, while maintaining normal PI3K/AKT signaling.