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Induction of intrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma by liver-specific disruption of Smad4 and Pten in mice.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jul 2006
Xu Xiaoling, Kobayashi Shogo, Qiao Wenhui, Li Cuiling, Xiao Cuiying, Radaeva Svetlana, Stiles Bangyan, Wang Rui-Hong, Ohara Nobuya, Yoshino Tadashi, LeRoith Derek, Torbenson Michael S, Gores Gregory J, Wu Hong, Gao Bin, Deng Chu-Xia
Abstract excerpt
Cholangiocellular carcinoma (CC), the second most common primary liver cancer, is associated with a poor prognosis. It has been shown that CCs harbor alterations of a number of tumor-suppressor genes and oncogenes, yet key regulators for tumorigenesis remain unknown. Here we have generated a mouse model that develops CC with high penetrance using liver-specific targeted disruption of tumor suppressors SMAD4 and...
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