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CDX2 autoregulation in human intestinal metaplasia of the stomach: impact on the stability of the phenotype
9 Dec 2010
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a gastric preneoplastic lesion that appears following Helicobacter pylori infection and confers an increased risk for development of cancer. It is induced by gastric expression of the intestine-specific transcription factor CDX2. The regulatory mechanisms involved in triggering and maintaining gastric CDX2 expression have not been fully elucidated. The Cdx2(+/-)...
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