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Down-regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor by selective expansion of a 5'-end regulatory dinucleotide repeat in colon cancer with microsatellite instability.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Jul 2009
Baranovskaya Svetlana, Martin Yolanda, Alonso Sergio, Pisarchuk Ksenia L, Falchetti Mario, Dai Yuichi, Khaldoyanidi Sophia, Krajewski Stan, Novikova Inna, Sidorenko Yuri S, Perucho Manuel, Malkhosyan Sergei R
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in several tumor types, and its expression is influenced by the length of a 5'-end microsatellite repeat (CA)n: the longer the repeat, the lower the expression. Dinucleotide repeats accumulate insertion/deletion types of mutations in tumors with microsatellite instability. We designed this study to estimate the occurrence of these mutations in...
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