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The Nestin progenitor lineage is the compartment of origin for pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 13 Mar 2007
Carrière Catherine, Seeley Elliott S, Goetze Tobias, Longnecker Daniel S, Korc Murray
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To determine the cell compartment in which initial oncogenic mutations occur in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), we generated a mouse model in which endogenous expression of mutated Kras (Kras(G12D)) was initially directed to a population of pancreatic exocrine progenitors characterized by the expression of Nestin. Targeting of oncogenic Kras to such a restricted cell compartment was sufficient for the...
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