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Increased beta-catenin mRNA levels and mutational alterations of the APC and beta-catenin gene are present in intestinal-type gastric cancer.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jan 2002
Ebert Matthias P A, Fei Guo, Kahmann Sabine, Müller Oliver, Yu Jun, Sung Joseph J Y, Malfertheiner Peter
Abstract excerpt
Beta-catenin is critical for intercellular adhesion and also plays a role as a transcription activating protein in the Wnt signalling pathway. Increased protein levels and mutation of the beta-catenin gene have been demonstrated in various cancers; however, the role of beta-catenin in gastric cancer remains largely unknown. Using gastric cancer tissues and normal adjacent gastric mucosa obtained from 20 patients...
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