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PTGER2 overexpression in colorectal cancer is associated with microsatellite instability, independent of CpG island methylator phenotype.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Mar 2010
Baba Yoshifumi, Nosho Katsuhiko, Shima Kaori, Goessling Wolfram, Chan Andrew T, Ng Kimmie, Chan Jennifer A, Giovannucci Edward L, Fuchs Charles S, Ogino Shuji
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BACKGROUND: Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2, the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee-approved official symbol for cycloxygenase-2, COX-2) and its enzymatic product prostaglandin E2 have critical roles in inflammation and carcinogenesis through the G protein-coupled receptor PTGER2 (EP2)...
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