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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Sima Salahshor
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-341 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
BMC cancer 20050627
<h4>Background</h4>APC (Adenomatous polyposis coli) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of both familial and sporadic colorectal cancer. Patients carrying germline APC mutations develop multiple colonic adenomas at younger age and higher frequency than non-carrier cases which indicates that silencing of one APC allele may be sufficient to initiate the transformation process.<h4>Methods</h4>To elucidate the biological dysregulation underlying adenoma formation we examined global gene expr ...[more]