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Transforming Growth Factor-β Promotes Liver Tumorigenesis in Mice via Up-regulation of Snail.
Gastroenterology - 1 Nov 2017
Moon Hyuk, Ju Hye-Lim, Chung Sook In, Cho Kyung Joo, Eun Jung Woo, Nam Suk Woo, Han Kwang-Hyub, Calvisi Diego F, Ro Simon Weonsang
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) suppresses early stages of tumorigenesis, but also contributes to migration and metastasis of cancer cells. A large number of human tumors contain mutations that inactivate its receptors, or downstream proteins such as Smad transcription factors, indicating that the TGF-β signaling pathway prevents tumor growth. We investigated the effects of TGF-β...
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