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Hedgehog is an early and late mediator of pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis.
Nature - 23 Oct 2003
Thayer Sarah P, di Magliano Marina Pasca, Heiser Patrick W, Nielsen Corinne M, Roberts Drucilla J, Lauwers Gregory Y, Qi Yan Ping, Gysin Stephan, Fernández-del Castillo Carlos, Yajnik Vijay, Antoniu Bozena, McMahon Martin, Warshaw Andrew L, Hebrok Matthias
Abstract excerpt
Hedgehog signalling--an essential pathway during embryonic pancreatic development, the misregulation of which has been implicated in several forms of cancer--may also be an important mediator in human pancreatic carcinoma. Here we report that sonic hedgehog, a secreted hedgehog ligand, is abnormally expressed in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and its precursor lesions: pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN)....
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