Differential WNT activity in colorectal cancer confers limited tumorigenic potential and is regulated by MAPK signaling.

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Published in Cancer Res on February 08, 2012

Authors

David Horst1, Justina Chen, Teppei Morikawa, Shuji Ogino, Thomas Kirchner, Ramesh A Shivdasani

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1: Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. david.horst@med.uni-muenchen.de

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