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Epigenetic silencing of CDX2 is a feature of squamous esophageal cancer.
International journal of cancer - 15 Sept 2007
Guo MingZhou, House Michael G, Suzuki Hiromu, Ye Ying, Brock Malcolm V, Lu Fengmin, Liu Zhihua, Rustgi Anil K, Herman James G
Abstract excerpt
CDX2, a mammalian homologue of the homeobox gene 'caudal,' is expressed in gut epithelia and plays an important role in establishing the intestinal phenotype during development. Mice heterozygously disrupted for CDX2 develop disorganized polypoid hamartomas with glandular epithelium and stratified squamous metaplasia resembling foregut mucosa. Since no genetic disruptions of CDX2 have been reported to explain...
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