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TGFBR2 mutation is correlated with CpG island methylator phenotype in microsatellite instability-high colorectal cancer.
Human pathology - 1 Apr 2007
Ogino Shuji, Kawasaki Takako, Ogawa Akiyo, Kirkner Gregory J, Loda Massimo, Fuchs Charles S
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The transforming growth factor-beta receptor type 2 gene (TGFBR2) is mutated in most microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancers. Promoter methylation of RUNX3 (runt-related transcription factor 3; encoding a transcription factor downstream of the TGF-beta pathway) is observed in c...
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