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Trefoil factor family-3 is associated with aggressive behavior of colon cancer cells.
Clinical & experimental metastasis - 1 Jan 2005
Yio Xianyang, Zhang Jie-yu, Babyatsky Mark, Chen Anli, Lin Jing, Fan Qui-Xiang, Werther J Lawrence, Itzkowitz Steven
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Trefoil factor family 3 (TFF3) is expressed by intestinal epithelial cells and it mainly functions to protect the mucosa from injury. Expression of TFF3 has been correlated with a poor prognosis in patients with cancer, but little is known about whether TFF3 directly contributes to the malignant behavior of cancer cells. The present study was conducted to determine whether TFF3 expression...
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