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Targeted disruption of stat3 reveals a major role for follicular stem cells in skin tumor initiation.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 2009
Kim Dae Joon, Kataoka Ken, Rao Dharanija, Kiguchi Kaoru, Cotsarelis George, Digiovanni John
Abstract excerpt
The initiation stage of mouse skin carcinogenesis involves the induction of mutations in keratinocyte stem cells (KSC), which confers a selective growth advantage allowing clonal expansion during tumor promotion. Targeted disruption of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) in bulge region KSCs was achieved by treating K15.CrePR1 x Stat3(fl/fl) mice with RU486. Deletion of Stat3 prior to skin...
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