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Active Kras Expression in Gastric Isthmal Progenitor Cells Induces Foveolar Hyperplasia but Not Metaplasia
18 Sept 2018
Abstract excerpt
Two types of metaplasia are associated with the development of intestinal-type cancers in the human stomach: intestinal metaplasia and spasmolytic polypeptide (Trefoil Factor 2 [TFF2])-expressing metaplasia (SPEM). Previous investigations have noted activation of RAS protein in up to 40% of human gastric cancer patients.1 Our recent results using the Mist1CreERT;Kras LSL-G12D mice, expressing constitutively...
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