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Fetal and neoplastic expression of the neurotensin gene in the human colon.
Annals of surgery - 1 May 1996
Evers B M, Zhou Z, Dohlen V, Rajaraman S, Thompson J C, Townsend C M
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OBJECTIVE: The authors identified various colon cancers that express the gene for the gut peptide neurotensin (NT/N). In addition, the authors sought to delineate the temporal pattern of NT/N gene expression in the human fetal colon. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Expression of NT/N is localized to the mucosa of the adult small bowel but also has been identified in the fetal colon, which resembles the small bowel until...
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