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p27kip1 deficiency confers susceptibility to gastric carcinogenesis in Helicobacter pylori-infected mice.
Gastroenterology - 1 Nov 2005
Kuzushita Noriyoshi, Rogers Arlin B, Monti Nola A, Whary Mark T, Park Min J, Aswad Bassam I, Shirin Haim, Koff Andrew, Eguchi Hidetoshi, Moss Steven F
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Determining how Helicobacter pylori promotes gastric cancer and whether H pylori eradication decreases cancer risk would be helped by suitable murine models. Mice lacking the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27kip1 are susceptible to carcinogen-induced tumors. Furthermore, p27 stimulates gastric epithelial apoptosis and inhibits proliferation, expression is decreased by H pylori, and low...
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