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Phenotypes of invasion in sporadic colorectal carcinomas related to aberrations of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC ) gene.
Histopathology - 1 Feb 2007
Prall F, Weirich V, Ostwald C
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To determine whether the dissociation of tumour cells from neoplastic glands in colorectal carcinomas is caused by disruption of the wnt-signalling pathway and whether the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein is implicated in this. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a series of 99 clinically sporadic colorectal carcinomas, APC exon 15 mutations, loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and promoter methylation were found in...
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