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Cyclooxygenase-2 is a target of KRASD12, which facilitates the outgrowth of murine C26 colorectal liver metastases.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jan 2005
Smakman Niels, Kranenburg Onno, Vogten Jan M, Bloemendaal Alexander L A, van Diest Paul, Borel Rinkes Inne H M
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PURPOSE: Mutational activation of the KRAS oncogene and overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) contribute to colorectal carcinoma (CRC) development, but the relationship between these two events is unclear. This study was designed to clarify that relationship and to assess the contribution of KRAS-dependent COX-2 to the seeding of CRC cells in the liver and to their outgrowth as liver metastases in an...
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