NCIt synonyms : MTC1; MEN2B; PTC; RET51; RET Proto-Oncogene (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia and Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma 1,
Hirschsprung Disease) wt Allele; HSCR1; Gene Rearranged During Transfection; CDHF12; MEN2A; RET; Rearranged During Transfection Protooncogene Gene;
NCIt definition : Human RET wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 10q11.2 and is approximately
53 kb in length. This allele, which encodes proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase
receptor ret protein, plays a role in neural crest development. Mutations in the gene
are associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia, type IIA, multiple endocrine neoplasia,
type IIB, Hirschsprung disease, and medullary thyroid carcinoma.;
NCIt note : RET can undergo oncogenic activation in vivo and in vitro by cytogenetic rearrangement.
Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.;