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Metabolic bioactivation of oestradiol-17beta (E2beta) in mouse colon epithelial cells bearing ApcMin mutation.
Steroids - 1 Oct 2010
Bellocq Delphine, Molina Jérôme, Rathahao-Paris Estelle, Taché Sylviane, Pierre Fabrice, Paris Alain
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies have revealed a protective role of oestrogens against the promotion of colorectal cancer (CRC). Therefore, the oestrogen metabolism status of colonic cells is studied to explain it. Loss of function of adenomatous polyposis coli (Apc) gene product is an early and frequent event in human colorectal carcinogenesis. Normal (Apc(+/+)) and premalignant (Apc(multiple intestinal neoplasia...
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