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Soluble IGF2 receptor rescues Apc(Min/+) intestinal adenoma progression induced by Igf2 loss of imprinting.
Cancer research - 15 Feb 2006
Harper James, Burns Jason L, Foulstone Emily J, Pignatelli Massimo, Zaina Silvio, Hassan A Bassim
Abstract excerpt
The potent growth-promoting activity of insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) is highly regulated during development but frequently up-regulated in tumors. Increased expression of the normally monoallelic (paternally expressed) mouse (Igf2) and human (IGF2) genes modify progression of intestinal adenoma in the Apc(Min/+) mouse and correlate with a high relative risk of human colorectal cancer susceptibility,...
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