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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Chad Creighton
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-70940 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Fullerton Paul T PT Creighton Chad J CJ Matzuk Martin M MM
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) 20150818 10
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth-leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The TGF-β signaling protein SMAD family member 4 is lost in 60% of PDAC, and this has been associated with poorer prognosis. However, the mechanisms by which SMAD4 loss promotes PDAC development are not fully understood. We expressed SMAD4 in human PDAC cell lines BxPC3 and CFPAC1 by selection of stable clones containing an inducible SMAD4 tetracycline inducible expression system construct. ...[more]