BOC's plot thickens | Nature Reviews Cancer

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Mille _et al_. have shown that the sonic hedgehog (SHH) receptor BOC, which is required to form a functional complex with Patched (PTCH1),

mediates medulloblastoma progression. The authors found that BOC is upregulated in medulloblastomas with activated SHH signalling. Inactivation of _Boc_ in medulloblastoma mouse models

reduced tumour size and progression. BOC increases cell proliferation by regulating levels of cyclin D1. BOC also promotes DNA damage, increasing the incidence of _Ptch1_ loss of

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support REFERENCES * Mille, F. et al. The Shh receptor Boc promotes progression of early medulloblastoma to advanced tumors. _Dev. Cell_ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2014.08.010 (2014)

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