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Aberrant intestinal stem cell lineage dynamics in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis consistent with protracted clonal evolution in the crypt.
Gut - 1 Jun 2012
Langeveld Danielle, Jansen Marnix, de Boer D V, van Sprundel Mariska, Brosens Lodewijk A A, Morsink Folkert H, Giardiello Francis M, Offerhaus G Johan A, de Leng Wendy W J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Genetic predisposition to cancer in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) and the role of germline serine-threonine kinase (LKB1) mutations are poorly understood. The authors studied the effect of germline LKB1 mutations on intestinal stem cell dynamics in unaffected flat PJS mucosa. Recent research has documented that the intestinal crypt houses multiple equipotent stem cell lineages. Lineages continuously...
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