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To β or Not to β: Lack of Correlation Between APC Mutation and β-Catenin Nuclear Localization in Colorectal Cancer.
Journal of gastrointestinal cancer - 1 Dec 2023
Bala Pratyusha, Kavadipula Padmavathi, Sarkar Sanjana, Bashyam Murali Dharan
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Colorectal cancer (CRC) appears to arise from sequential genetic lesions in tumor suppressor genes (APC, SMAD4, and TP53) and oncogenes (KRAS) leading to the classical adenoma to carcinoma progression. Biallelic APC inactivating genetic aberrations are detected in about 70% of early microadenomas implicating APC inactivation as the first genetic hit in CRC. APC is an essential protein of the Wnt...
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