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Unique phenotype of hepatocellular cancers with exon-3 mutations in beta-catenin gene.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 2009
Cieply Benjamin, Zeng Gang, Proverbs-Singh Tracy, Geller David A, Monga Satdarshan P S
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UNLABELLED: Wnt/beta-catenin signaling plays an important role in liver development and regeneration. Its aberrant activation, however, is observed in a subset of primary hepatocellular cancers (HCCs). In the current study, we compare and contrast the tumor characteristics of HCC in the presence or absence of mutations in the beta-catenin gene (CTNNB1). Frozen HCCs (n = 32), including five fibrolamellar (FL)...
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