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Synergy between bacterial infection and genetic predisposition in intestinal dysplasia.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 Dec 2009
Apidianakis Yiorgos, Pitsouli Chrysoula, Perrimon Norbert, Rahme Laurence
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Accumulating evidence suggests that hyperproliferating intestinal stem cells (SCs) and progenitors drive cancer initiation, maintenance, and metastasis. In addition, chronic inflammation and infection have been increasingly recognized for their roles in cancer. Nevertheless, the mechanisms by which bacterial infections can initiate SC-mediated tumorigenesis remain elusive. Using a Drosophila model of gut...
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