Vitamin D receptor deficiency enhances Wnt/β-catenin signaling and tumor burden in colon cancer.

Aberrant activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway is critical for the initiation and progression of most colon cancers. This activation provokes the accumulation of nuclear β-catenin and the induction of its target genes. Apc(min/+) mice are the most commonly used model for colon cancer. They harbor...

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Main Authors: María Jesús Larriba, Paloma Ordóñez-Morán, Irene Chicote, Génesis Martín-Fernández, Isabel Puig, Alberto Muñoz, Héctor G Pálmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3156234?pdf=render