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The APC tumor suppressor is required for epithelial integrity in the mouse mammary gland.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Aug 2009
Prosperi Jenifer R, Becher Kimberly R, Willson Tara A, Collins Margaret H, Witte David P, Goss Kathleen H
Abstract excerpt
Inactivation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor has been associated with mammary tumorigenesis in mouse models and through epidemiological studies of human breast cancers, but the normal role for APC in mammary development has not been thoroughly characterized. We report here that Apc(Min/+) mice containing one functional allele of Apc have severely disrupted lobuloalveolar development...
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