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Downregulation of epidermal growth factor receptor family receptors and ligands in a mutant K-ras group of patients with colorectal cancer.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Apr 2016
Nagaoka Tomoko, Kitaura Kazutaka, Miyata Yukinaga, Kumagai Kenichi, Kaneda Goro, Kanazawa Hideki, Suzuki Satsuki, Hamada Yoshiki, Suzuki Ryuji
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The present study investigated the expression profiles of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family, which consists of four transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptors and their eight ligands, in 122 patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. On comparison of the CRC primary tumor and matched adjacent normal mucosa (ANM) tissue samples,...
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