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Mutant KRAS promotes hyperplasia and alters differentiation in the colon epithelium but does not expand the presumptive stem cell pool.
Gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2011
Feng Ying, Bommer Guido T, Zhao Jenny, Green Maranne, Sands Evan, Zhai Yali, Brown Kelly, Burberry Aaron, Cho Kathleen R, Fearon Eric R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Adenomatous polyps are precursors to colorectal cancer (CRC), whereas hyperplastic polyps (HPPs) have low risk of progression to CRC. Mutations in KRAS are found in ∼40% of CRCs and large adenomas and a subset of HPPs. We investigated the reasons why HPPs with KRAS mutations lack malignant potential and compared the effects of Kras/KRAS activation with those of Apc/APC inactivation, which...
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