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Schlafen 4-expressing myeloid-derived suppressor cells are induced during murine gastric metaplasia.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 2016
Ding Lin, Hayes Michael M, Photenhauer Amanda, Eaton Kathryn A, Li Qian, Ocadiz-Ruiz Ramon, Merchant Juanita L
Abstract excerpt
Chronic Helicobacter pylori infection triggers neoplastic transformation of the gastric mucosa in a small subset of patients, but the risk factors that induce progression to gastric metaplasia have not been identified. Prior to cancer development, the oxyntic gastric glands atrophy and are replaced by metaplastic cells in response to chronic gastritis. Previously, we identified schlafen 4 (Slfn4) as a GLI1 target...
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