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Preferential induction of EphB4 over EphB2 and its implication in colorectal cancer progression.
Cancer research - 1 May 2009
Kumar S Ram, Scehnet Jeffrey S, Ley Eric J, Singh Jasbir, Krasnoperov Valery, Liu Ren, Manchanda Parmeet K, Ladner Robert D, Hawes Debra, Weaver Fred A, Beart Robert W, Singh Gagandeep, Nguyen Cu, Kahn Michael, Gill Parkash S
Abstract excerpt
The receptor tyrosine kinase EphB2 is expressed by colon progenitor cells; however, only 39% of colorectal tumors express EphB2 and expression levels decline with disease progression. Conversely, EphB4 is absent in normal colon but is expressed in all 102 colorectal cancer specimens analyzed, and...
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