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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Cornelis Verweij
PROVIDER: E-SMDB-1723 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
van de Wetering Marc M Sancho Elena E Verweij Cornelis C de Lau Wim W Oving Irma I Hurlstone Adam A van der Horn Karin K Batlle Eduard E Coudreuse Damien D Haramis Anna Pavlina AP Tjon-Pon-Fong Menno M Moerer Petra P van den Born Maaike M Soete Gwen G Pals Steven S Eilers Martin M Medema Rene R Clevers Hans H
Cell 20021001 2
The transactivation of TCF target genes induced by Wnt pathway mutations constitutes the primary transforming event in colorectal cancer (CRC). We show that disruption of beta-catenin/TCF-4 activity in CRC cells induces a rapid G1 arrest and blocks a genetic program that is physiologically active in the proliferative compartment of colon crypts. Coincidently, an intestinal differentiation program is induced. The TCF-4 target gene c-MYC plays a central role in this switch by direct repression of ...[more]