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ITF-2, a downstream target of the Wnt/TCF pathway, is activated in human cancers with beta-catenin defects and promotes neoplastic transformation.
Cancer cell - 1 Mar 2002
Kolligs Frank T, Nieman Marvin T, Winer Ira, Hu Gang, Van Mater David, Feng Ying, Smith Ian M, Wu Rong, Zhai Yali, Cho Kathleen R, Fearon Eric R
Abstract excerpt
In many cancers, inactivation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) or Axin tumor suppressor proteins or activating mutations in beta-catenin lead to elevated beta-catenin levels, enhanced binding of beta-catenin to T cell factor (TCF) proteins, and increased expression of TCF-regulated genes. We found that the gene for the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor ITF-2 (immunoglobulin transcription...
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