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Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Suppresses Tumorigenesis at Gastric Epithelial Transition Zones in Mice
1 Sept 2007
Abstract excerpt
Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling is known to suppress oncogenesis in the small and large intestine of mice and humans. We examined the role of Bmpr1a signaling in the stomach. On conditional inactivation of Bmpr1a, mice developed neoplastic lesions specifically in the squamocolumnar and gastrointestinal transition zones. We hypothesized that the regulation of epithelial cell fate may be less well...
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