Endocrine Abstracts

Whilst the majority of familial medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is caused by germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene, there are families and individuals with predisposition to MTC in whom no RET mutation has been identified (non-RET MTC). Recently, we identified novel mutations in a single gene termed MTC2 in non-RET MTC individuals by whole exome sequencing. The precise role of these MTC2 germline mutations in MTC tumorigenesis is however unclear. Here, we examined the fu...

Metastasis is a multistep process responsible for the majority of endocrine cancer deaths. Central to the ability of cells to move is the recruitment of actin fibres at the periphery of the cell by key proteins, especially the cortical actin binding protein cortactin. A full understanding of cortactin function is required in order to address metastatic cell activity within endocrine cancer. We used IP-MS to discover protein binding partners, and now identify the proto-oncogene...