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APC mutation and the crypt cycle in murine and human intestine.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Mar 1997
Bjerknes M, Cheng H, Hay K, Gallinger S
Abstract excerpt
Dysplastic colon adenomas are thought to arise from growth of clones of APC -/- colonic epithelial cells. Isolated clusters of dysplastic crypts are often observed in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. These patients have genotype APC +/-, and the clusters of dysplastic crypts (called microadenoma or aberrant crypt foci) are thought to represent an early stage in the expansion of a mutant clone of APC...
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