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K-Ras and β-catenin mutations cooperate with Fgfr3 mutations in mice to promote tumorigenesis in the skin and lung, but not in the bladder.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Jul 2011
Ahmad Imran, Singh Lukram Babloo, Foth Mona, Morris Carol-Ann, Taketo Makoto Mark, Wu Xue-Ru, Leung Hing Y, Sansom Owen J, Iwata Tomoko
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The human fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene is frequently mutated in superficial urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC). To test the functional significance of FGFR3 activating mutations as a 'driver' of UCC, we targeted the expression of mutated Fgfr3 to the murine urothelium using Cre-l...
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