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Conditional deletion of Pten causes bronchiolar hyperplasia.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2008
Davé Vrushank, Wert Susan E, Tanner Tiffany, Thitoff Angela R, Loudy Dave E, Whitsett Jeffrey A
Abstract excerpt
Tumor suppressor phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) is a lipid phosphatase that regulates multiple cellular processes including cell polarity, migration, proliferation, and carcinogenesis. In this work, we demonstrate that conditional deletion of Pten (Pten(Delta/Delta)) in the respiratory epithelial cells of the developing mouse lung caused epithelial cell proliferation and...
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