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Altered expression of beta-catenin without genetic mutation in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Sept 2001
Sugimachi K, Taguchi K, Aishima S, Tanaka S, Shimada M, Kajiyama K, Sugimachi K, Tsuneyoshi M
Abstract excerpt
beta-catenin which has a role in E-cadherin mediated cell-to-cell adhesion, and is also involved in Wnt signaling pathways as a downstream signaling molecule accumulating in the cytoplasm and nucleus constitutively activates Tcf/LEF-associated transcription of oncogenic genes. We examined the expression pattern and the genetic alteration of beta-catenin to determine the role of beta-catenin in cancer formation...
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