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Most colitis associated carcinomas lack expression of LGR5: a preliminary study with implications for unique pathways of carcinogenesis compared to sporadic colorectal carcinoma
2020-11-20
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background:</bold> Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein-coupled receptor 5 (LGR5), a component of the Wnt receptor complex, is thought to lineage label gastric and intestinal stem cells. LGR5 expression is increased in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) compared to normal tissue. Colitis associated colorectal adenocarcinoma (CAC) often shows distinct morphologic and molecular phenotyp...
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- f1edfc05-f2b0-5c62-a9bd-8e323a8dfe41
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-31590/v2
