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Secreted HMGB1 from Wnt activated intestinal cells is required to maintain a crypt progenitor phenotype.
Oncotarget - 9 Aug 2016
Reed Karen R, Song Fei, Young Maddy A, Hassan Nurudeen, Antoine Daniel J, Gemici Nesibe-Princess B, Clarke Alan R, Jenkins John R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Colorectal cancer (CRC) arises via multiple genetic changes. Mutation of the tumour suppressor gene APC, a key regulator of Wnt signalling, is recognised as a frequent early driving mutation in CRC. We have previously shown that conditional loss of Apc within the murine small intestine (Apcfloxmice) results in acute Wnt signalling activation, altered crypt-villus architecture and many...
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