Members of the TET Protein Family Protect Against Cancer (IMAGE)

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Members of the TET Protein Family Protect Against Cancer

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Members of the TET protein family protect against cancer. Left: Normal liver in mice with fully functional TET proteins. Right: Without TET2 and TET3, mice develop a lethal disease resembling lymphoma within weeks of birth, their livers bloated with iNKT cells.

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Image: Courtesy of Dr. Angeliki Tsagaratou, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology.

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