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Wnt signaling and hepatocarcinogenesis: the hepatoblastoma model.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology - 1 Feb 2011
Armengol C, Cairo S, Fabre M, Buendia M A
Abstract excerpt
The Wnt/β-catenin pathway plays a key role in liver development, regeneration and tumorigenesis. Among human cancers tightly linked to abnormal Wnt/β-catenin signaling, hepatoblastoma (HB) presents with the highest rate (50-90%) of β-catenin mutations. HB is the most common malignant tumor of the liver in childhood. This embryonic tumor differs from hepatocellular carcinoma by the absence of viral etiology and...
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