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Nkx3.1 mutant mice recapitulate early stages of prostate carcinogenesis.
Cancer research - 1 Jun 2002
Kim Minjung J, Bhatia-Gaur Rajula, Banach-Petrosky Whitney A, Desai Nishita, Wang Yuzhuo, Hayward Simon W, Cunha Gerald R, Cardiff Robert D, Shen Michael M, Abate-Shen Cory
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies of human cancers and mutant mouse models have implicated the Nkx3.1 homeobox gene as having a key role in prostate carcinogenesis. Consistent with such a role, here we show that Nkx3.1 displays growth-suppressing activities in cell culture, and that aged Nkx3.1 mutant mice display histopathological defects resembling prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), the presumed precursor of human...
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