ITF-2, a downstream target of the Wnt/TCF pathway, is activated in human cancers with beta-catenin defects and promotes neoplastic transformation.

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Published in Cancer Cell on March 01, 2002

Authors

Frank T Kolligs1, Marvin T Nieman, Ira Winer, Gang Hu, David Van Mater, Ying Feng, Ian M Smith, Rong Wu, Yali Zhai, Kathleen R Cho, Eric R Fearon

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics and the Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

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