HOXA13 in etiology and oncogenic potential of Barrett’s esophagus

Barrett’s esophagus is a pro-oncogenic lesion in the proximal gastrointestinal tract, but with a distal colon-like morphology. Here the authors report that the distal HOX gene HOXA13 is expressed in Barrett’s esophagus and in single cells of the physiological esophagus, and may underlie the phenotyp...

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Main Authors: Vincent T. Janmaat, Kateryna Nesteruk, Manon C. W. Spaander, Auke P. Verhaar, Bingting Yu, Rodrigo A. Silva, Wayne A. Phillips, Marcin Magierowski, Anouk van de Winkel, H. Scott Stadler, Tatiana Sandoval-Guzmán, Luc J. W. van der Laan, Ernst J. Kuipers, Ron Smits, Marco J. Bruno, Gwenny M. Fuhler, Nicholas J. Clemons, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23641-8