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Characteristics of cultured desmoid cells with different CTNNB1 mutation status.
Cancer medicine - 1 Feb 2016
Hamada Shunsuke, Urakawa Hiroshi, Kozawa Eiji, Arai Eisuke, Ikuta Kunihiro, Sakai Tomohisa, Ishiguro Naoki, Nishida Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Desmoid tumors are benign mesenchymal neoplasms with a locally aggressive nature. The mutational status of β-catenin gene (CTNNB1) is presumed to affect the tumorous activity of the cells. In this study, we isolated three kinds of desmoid cell with different CTNNB1 status, and compared their characteristics. Cells were isolated from three patients with abdominal wall desmoid during surgery, all of which were...
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