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Smad3 has a critical role in TGF-beta-mediated growth inhibition and apoptosis in colonic epithelial cells.
The Journal of surgical research - 1 Apr 2004
Mithani Suhail K, Balch Glen C, Shiou Sheng-Ru, Whitehead Robert H, Datta Pran K, Beauchamp R Daniel
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BACKGROUND: Smad proteins play a key role in TGF-beta signaling that regulates cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Mice deficient in Smad3 develop colonic adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We developed a Smad3-deficient colonocyte cell line that was used to study TGF-beta-mediated growth inhibition and induction of apoptosis was compared to young adult mouse colonocyte (YAMC) control cells....
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