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Intestinal tumorigenesis in compound mutant mice of both dpc4 (smad4) and apc genes

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The authors showed that mutations in the DPC4 (SMAD4) gene play a significant role in the malignant progression of colorectal tumors in mice. But, their experiments were performed on Apc Δ 716 knockout mice, a model for human familial adenomatous polyposis.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 1998-03-06 and is currently open access. It has received 598 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Familial adenomatous polyposis & Compound heterozygosity.

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TGF-beta signal transduction.

TL;DR: The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) family of growth factors control the development and homeostasis of most tissues in metazoan organisms and mutations in these pathways are the cause of various forms of human cancer and developmental disorders.
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TGFβ in Cancer

TL;DR: The mechanistic basis and clinical relevance of TGFbeta's role in cancer is becoming increasingly clear, paving the way for a better understanding of the complexity and therapeutic potential of this pathway.
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Cyclooxygenases: Structural, cellular, and molecular biology

TL;DR: This review examines how the structures of these enzymes relate mechanistically to cyclooxygenase and peroxidase catalysis, and how differences in the structure of PGHS-2 confer on this isozyme differential sensitivity to COX-2 inhibitors.
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Role of transforming growth factor beta in human disease.

TL;DR: In human tissues, normal homeostasis requires intricately balanced interactions between cells and the network of secreted proteins known as the extracellular matrix, which is clearly evident in the interactions mediated by the cytokine transforming growth factor β (TGF-β).
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Tgfbeta signaling in growth control, cancer, and heritable disorders

TL;DR: The author would like to thank S. H. Roan for all her help and members of the Massague laboratory for insightful discussions.
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Genetic alterations during colorectal-tumor development.

TL;DR: It is found that ras-gene mutations occurred in 58 percent of adenomas larger than 1 cm and in 47 percent of carcinomas, which are consistent with a model of colorectal tumorigenesis in which the steps required for the development of cancer often involve the mutational activation of an oncogene coupled with the loss of several genes that normally suppress tumors.
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Lessons from Hereditary Colorectal Cancer

TL;DR: The authors are grateful to the members of their laboratories for their contributions to the reviewed studies and to F. Giardiello and S. Hamilton for photographs of colorectal lesions.
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Targeted disruption of the mouse transforming growth factor-β1 gene results in multifocal inflammatory disease

TL;DR: TGF-β1-deficient mice may be valuable models for human immune and inflammatory disorders, including autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection and graft versus host reactions.
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Suppression of Intestinal Polyposis in ApcΔ716 Knockout Mice by Inhibition of Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2)

TL;DR: Results provide direct genetic evidence that COX-2 plays a key role in tumorigenesis and indicate that COx-2-selective inhibitors can be a novel class of therapeutic agents for colorectal polyposis and cancer.
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