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Mice lacking neurofibromin develop gastric hyperplasia.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 1 Oct 2009
Lin Lu, Chen Jian, Richardson James A, Parada Luis F
Abstract excerpt
Gastrointestinal (GI) neoplasms are among many manifestations of the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). However, the physiological and pathological functions of the Nf1 gene in the GI system have not been fully studied, possibly because of a lack of mouse models. In this study, we generated conditional knockout mice with Nf1 deficiency in the GI tract. These mice develop gastric epithelial...
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