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Synergistic tumour suppressor activity of E-cadherin and p53 in a conditional mouse model for metastatic diffuse-type gastric cancer.
Gut - 1 Mar 2012
Shimada Shu, Mimata Ayako, Sekine Masaki, Mogushi Kaoru, Akiyama Yoshimitsu, Fukamachi Hiroshi, Jonkers Jos, Tanaka Hiroshi, Eishi Yoshinobu, Yuasa Yasuhito
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BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the second most frequent cause of death from cancer in the world, diffuse-type gastric cancer (DGC) exhibiting a poor prognosis. Germline mutations of CDH1, encoding E-cadherin, have been reported in hereditary DGC, and genetic and/or epigenetic alterations of CDH1 are frequently detected in sporadic DGC. Genetic alterations of TP53 are also frequently found in DGC. To examine the...
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