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<i>Pten</i> Deficiency Activates Distinct Downstream Signaling Pathways in a Tissue-Specific Manner
15 Feb 2006
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PTEN deficiency predisposes to a subset of human cancers, but the mechanism that underlies such selectivity is unknown. We have generated a mouse line that conditionally deletes Pten in urogenital epithelium. These mice develop carcinomas at high frequency in the prostate but at relatively low frequency in the bladder, despite early and complete penetrance of hyperplasia in both organs. Cell proliferation is...
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