Article
Wild-type K-ras has a tumour suppressor effect on carcinogen-induced murine colorectal adenoma formation.
International journal of experimental pathology - 1 Feb 2014
Luo Feijun, Poulogiannis George, Ye Hongtao, Hamoudi Rifat, Dong Gehong, Zhang Wenyan, Ibrahim Ashraf E K, Arends Mark J
Abstract excerpt
K-ras mutations are found in ~40% of human colorectal adenomas and carcinomas and contribute to colorectal tumour formation at an early stage. Wild-type K-ras has been reported to be deleted in some tumours, but the consequences of changes in wild-type K-ras copy number for experimental colorectal carcinogenesis have not been investigated. To characterize the effects of K-ras copy number changes on formation of...
Topics
- 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine
- Adenoma
- Alleles
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Cell Proliferation
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Gene Dosage
- Hemizygote
