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Loss of Nkx2.8 deregulates progenitor cells in the large airways and leads to dysplasia.
Cancer research - 1 Nov 2006
Tian Jianmin, Mahmood Radma, Hnasko Robert, Locker Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Nkx2.8, a homeodomain transcription factor, has been characterized in liver cancer and in the developing central nervous system. We now show that this factor is also expressed in the lung, where it localizes in adults to a discrete population of tracheobronchial basal cells. To target the mouse gene, the first exon was replaced by a LacZ marker gene joined to the intact 5'-untranslated region. Marker expression...
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