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Folate transport gene inactivation in mice increases sensitivity to colon carcinogenesis.
Cancer research - 1 Feb 2005
Ma David W L, Finnell Richard H, Davidson Laurie A, Callaway Evelyn S, Spiegelstein Ofer, Piedrahita Jorge A, Salbaum J Michael, Kappen Claudia, Weeks Brad R, James Jill, Bozinov Daniel, Lupton Joanne R, Chapkin Robert S
Abstract excerpt
Low dietary folate intake is associated with an increased risk for colon cancer; however, relevant genetic animal models are lacking. We therefore investigated the effect of targeted ablation of two folate transport genes, folate binding protein 1 (Folbp1) and reduced folate carrier 1 (RFC1), on folate homeostasis to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of folate action on colonocyte cell proliferation, gene...
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