RET

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Rearranged during transfection protooncogene (RET, RET Protooncogene) is at 10q11.2

Mutations are found in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2a and 2b

Codes a receptor tyrosine kinase.

Mutations can cause hirschsprung disease and are found in medullary thyroid carcinoma.

In papillary thyroid carcinoma a chimeric gene (RET/PTC1) formed through a somatic rearrangement involving the neighboring genes RET and CCDC6(H4, TST1, PTC1) is the oncogene.

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