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TP53/p53 alterations and Aurora A expression in progressor and non-progressor colectomies from patients with longstanding ulcerative colitis.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2015
Friis-Ottessen Mariann, Burum-Auensen Espen, Schjølberg Aasa R, Ekstrøm Per Olaf, Andersen Solveig N, Clausen Ole Petter, De Angelis Paula M
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Aneuploidy is a common feature in the colonic mucosa of patients suffering from the inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis (UC) and often precedes the development of dysplasia and cancer. Aneuploidy is assumed to be caused by missegregation of chromosomes during mitosis, often due to a faulty spindle assembly checkpoint. p53 is a tumour suppressor protein known to regulate the spindle assembly checkpoint...
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