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Mutation of the type II transforming growth factor-beta receptor is coincident with the transformation of human colon adenomas to malignant carcinomas.
Cancer research - 15 Jul 1998
Grady W M, Rajput A, Myeroff L, Liu D F, Kwon K, Willis J, Markowitz S
Abstract excerpt
The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) type II receptor (RII) is a colon cancer suppressor gene that is inactivated by mutation in 90% of human colon cancers arising via the microsatellite instability (MSI) pathway of carcinogenesis. To determine the pathophysiological consequence of RII mutations, we have determined the timing of their onset among 22 MSI human colon adenomas of varying stages. No RII...
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