Whole-exome sequencing reveals novel vacuolar ATPase genes' variants and variants in genes involved in lysosomal biology and autophagosomal formation in oral granular cell tumors.
Josiane Alves FrançaTenzin GaydenEric BarekeJean Nunes Dos SantosSílvia Ferreira de SousaLuciana Bastos-RodriguesJacek MajewskiNada JabadoHélder Antônio Rebelo PontesCarolina Cavaliéri GomesPublished in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (2020)
Although the mechanisms involved in oral GCT initiation and progression remain unclear, our results suggest that oral GCTs have V-ATPase variants similarly to GCTs from other tissues/organs, and additionally show variants in lysosomes/endosomes/autophagosomal genes.