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Tumbling down a different pathway to genetic instability.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Dec 2003
Guo Haiwei H, Loeb Lawrence A
Abstract excerpt
Ulcerative colitis (UC), a chronic inflammatory condition associated with a predisposition to colon cancer, is frequently characterized by DNA damage in the form of microsatellite instability (MSI). A new report links inflammation in UC with increases in the DNA repair enzymes 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase and apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease, and, paradoxically, with increased MSI. These findings may...
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