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Expression of the intestine-specific transcription factors, Cdx1 and Cdx2, correlates shift to an intestinal phenotype in gastric cancer cells.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jan 2004
Mizoshita Tsutomu, Inada Ken-ichi, Tsukamoto Tetsuya, Nozaki Koji, Joh Takashi, Itoh Makoto, Yamamura Yoshitaka, Ushijima Toshikazu, Nakamura Shigeo, Tatematsu Masae
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: It is well known that gastric cancers (GCs) at early stages, independent of the histological type, mainly consist of gastric phenotype malignant cells, while those at advanced stage tend to have a more intestinal phenotype with progression. However, the connection between this shift and expression of homeobox genes, which are important factors to maintain tissue character, has remained unclear. We...
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