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Aberrant P-cadherin expression is an early event in hyperplastic and dysplastic transformation in the colon.
Gut - 1 Apr 2002
Hardy R G, Tselepis C, Hoyland J, Wallis Y, Pretlow T P, Talbot I, Sanders D S A, Matthews G, Morton D, Jankowski J A Z
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BACKGROUND: Colorectal adenomatous and, probably, hyperplastic polyp development requires epithelial remodelling and stratification, with loss of E-cadherin expression implicated in adenoma formation. We have shown that P-cadherin, normally expressed in stratified epithelia and placenta, is aberrantly expressed in disturbed epithelial architecture associated with colitis. AIMS: (i) To investigate the role of...
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