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Genetic and epigenetic changes of components affecting the WNT pathway in colorectal carcinomas stratified by microsatellite instability.
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Feb 2005
Thorstensen Lin, Lind Guro E, Løvig Tone, Diep Chieu B, Meling Gunn I, Rognum Torleiv O, Lothe Ragnhild A
Abstract excerpt
An unselected series of 310 colorectal carcinomas, stratified according to microsatellite instability (MSI) and DNA ploidy, was examined for mutations and/or promoter hypermethylation of five components of the WNT signaling cascade [APC, CTNNB1 (encoding beta-catenin), AXIN2, TCF4, and WISP3] and three genes indirectly affecting this pathway [CDH1 (encoding E-cadherin), PTEN, and TP53]. APC and TP53 mutations...
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