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Phenotype of single hepatocytes expressing an activated version of β-catenin in liver of transgenic mice.
Journal of molecular histology - 1 Oct 2011
Schreiber Sandra, Rignall Benjamin, Braeuning Albert, Marx-Stoelting Philip, Ott Thomas, Buchmann Albrecht, Hammad Seddik, Hengstler Jan G, Schwarz Michael, Köhle Christoph
Abstract excerpt
The gene CTNNB1 encoding β-catenin is mutated in about 30% of hepatocellular carcinoma, generally often combined with other genetic alterations. In transgenic mice, it has been shown that activation of β-catenin in more than 70% of all hepatocytes causes immediate proliferation leading to hepatomegaly. In this study we established a novel mouse model where β-catenin is activated only in individual, dispersed...
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