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Role of c-Myc in intestinal tumorigenesis of the ApcMin/+ mouse.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Dec 2006
Ignatenko Natalia A, Holubec Hana, Besselsen David G, Blohm-Mangone Karen A, Padilla-Torres Jose L, Nagle Raymond B, de Alboránç Ignacio Moreno, Guillen-R Jose M, Gerner Eugene W
Abstract excerpt
The c-MYC oncogene plays an important role in tumorigenesis and is commonly highly expressed in gastrointestinal cancers. In colon cells, c-MYC is regulated by the adenomatous polyposis coli (Apc) tumor suppressor gene. Multiple intestinal neoplasia (ApcMin/+ or Min) mice are heterozygous for a truncating Apc mutation and serve as a model of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) disease. To study the role of c-Myc...
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