Constitutive β-catenin activation induces adrenal hyperplasia and promotes adrenal cancer development

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1561-1576

  Berthon, Annabel ^a,b   Sahut Barnola, Isabelle ^a,b   Lambert Langlais, Sarah ^a,b   de Joussineau, Cyrille ^a,b   Damon Soubeyrand, Christelle ^a,b   Louiset, Estelle ^c   Taketo, Mark M ^d   Tissier, Frédérique ^e,f,g   Bertherat, Jérôme ^e,f,g   Lefrançois Martinez, Anne Marie ^a,b   Martinez, Antoine ^a,b   Val, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYCLIN D1; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; VASCULOTROPIN A; WNT PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINDLE CELL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77952300541     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq029     Document Type: Article

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