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Microsatellite instability and gene mutations in transforming growth factor-beta type II receptor are absent in small bowel carcinoid tumors.
Cancer - 15 Jan 2005
Kidd Mark, Eick Geeta, Shapiro Michael D, Camp Robert L, Mane Shrikant M, Modlin Irvin M
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BACKGROUND: Microsatellite instability (MSI) with concomitant mutations in the coding region of transforming growth factor-beta type II receptor (TGFbetaRII) results in an aberrant growth-regulatory phenotype in colorectal carcinomas. The authors postulated that a similar mechanism occurred during the malignant evolution of small bowel carcinoid tumors. METHODS: Mutational analysis of two coding regions in the...
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