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Molecular classification of spontaneous endometrial adenocarcinomas in BDII rats.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Mar 2009
Samuelson Emma, Hedberg Carola, Nilsson Staffan, Behboudi Afrouz
Abstract excerpt
Female rats of the BDII/Han inbred strain are prone to spontaneously develop endometrial carcinomas (EC) that in cell biology and pathogenesis are very similar to those of human. Human EC are classified into two major groups: Type I displays endometroid histology, is hormone-dependent, and characterized by frequent microsatellite instability and PTEN, K-RAS, and CTNNB1 (beta-Catenin) mutations; Type II shows...
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