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Enhanced stem cell survival in familial adenomatous polyposis.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2004
Kim Kyoung-Mee, Calabrese Peter, Tavaré Simon, Shibata Darryl
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with heterozygous germline adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) mutations or familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are born with normal appearing colons but later develop hundreds to thousands of polyps. Tumor progression apparently starts after somatic loss of the normal APC allele, but germline APC mutations may potentially alter niche stem cell survival through dominant-negative interactions or...
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