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Developmental biology informs cancer: the emerging role of the hedgehog signaling pathway in upper gastrointestinal cancers.
Cancer cell - 1 Oct 2003
Xie Keping, Abbruzzese James L
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The hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway plays many roles in invertebrate and vertebrate development. For example, specific inhibition of sonic Hh expression is critical during early stages of pancreas organogenesis, but an active Hh pathway appears to be required for maintenance of adult endocrine functions. Mutational inactivation of the Hh pathway has been demonstrated in human malignancies of the skin, cerebellum,...
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