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TGFBR2 and BAX mononucleotide tract mutations, microsatellite instability, and prognosis in 1072 colorectal cancers.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Shima Kaori, Morikawa Teppei, Yamauchi Mai, Kuchiba Aya, Imamura Yu, Liao Xiaoyun, Meyerhardt Jeffrey A, Fuchs Charles S, Ogino Shuji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mononucleotide tracts in the coding regions of the TGFBR2 and BAX genes are commonly mutated in microsatellite instability-high (MSI-high) colon cancers. The receptor TGFBR2 plays an important role in the TGFB1 (transforming growth factor-β, TGF-β) signaling pathway, and BAX plays a key role in apoptosis. However, a role of TGFBR2 or BAX mononucleotide mutation in colorectal cancer as a prognostic...
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