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Gene mutation of transforming growth factor beta1 type II receptor in hepatocellular carcinoma.
International journal of cancer - 11 Jun 1999
Furuta K, Misao S, Takahashi K, Tagaya T, Fukuzawa Y, Ishikawa T, Yoshioka K, Kakumu S
Abstract excerpt
Alteration of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) type II receptor (RII) appears to cause unresponsiveness to TGF-beta1 in tumorigenic cells. Defect in the mononucleotide repeat sequence, i.e., poly A region of TGF-beta1RII gene has been reported to be related to replication error-positive cancer cells. We examined if there is any TGF-beta1RII mutation in a coding microsatellite in hepatocellular...
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