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No TAP63 promoter mutation is detected in bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex patients.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Dec 2013
Darling Tom, Mahfuz Istiak, White Stefan J, Cheng Wei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex (BEEC) is thought to have a genetic component in its pathogenesis. Previously we found that p63(-/-) mice show increased ventral apoptosis and develop a BEEC phenotype. Down-regulation of the anti-apoptotic ΔNP63 and an up-regulation of pro-apoptotic TAP63 isoforms have been demonstrated in BEEC patient bladder tissues. We have previously shown that...
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