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Individual crypt genetic heterogeneity and the origin of metaplastic glandular epithelium in human Barrett's oesophagus.
Gut - 1 Aug 2008
Leedham S J, Preston S L, McDonald S A C, Elia G, Bhandari P, Poller D, Harrison R, Novelli M R, Jankowski J A, Wright N A
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OBJECTIVES: Current models of clonal expansion in human Barrett's oesophagus are based upon heterogenous, flow-purified biopsy analysis taken at multiple segment levels. Detection of identical mutation fingerprints from these biopsy samples led to the proposal that a mutated clone with a selective advantage can clonally expand to fill an entire Barrett's segment at the expense of competing clones (selective sweep...
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