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Amini Nik, Saeid; Ebrahim, Rasoul Pour; Dam, Kim van; Cassiman, Jean-Jacques; Tejpar, Sabine, E-mail: sabine.tejpar@med.kuleuven.be2007
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[en] Here for the first time we showed, despite the oncogenic mutations in β-Catenin, that TGF-β is a modulator of β-Catenin levels in tumoral fibroblasts as well as non-tumoral fibroblasts. The results show that the TGF-β pathway is active in desmoids cells and in in situ tumors. A dose dependent increase in β-Catenin protein levels was observed after TGF-β treatment in combination with an increased repression of GSK-3β both in normal and tumoral fibroblasts. TGF-β stimulation also led to an altered - up to 5 fold - transcriptional activity of β-Catenin responsive promoters, such as IGFBP6 as well as increase of TOPflash activity. TGF-β stimulation increased cell proliferation and BrdU incorporation 2.5 times. Taken together, we propose that TGF-β is a modulator of β-Catenin levels in tumoral fibroblasts and non-tumoral fibroblasts, despite the oncogenic mutations already present in this gene in tumoral fibroblasts of desmoid tumors. This modulation of β-Catenin levels by TGF-β may be involved in determining the tumoral phenotype of the cells
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S0014-4827(07)00248-0; Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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ANIMAL CELLS, ANIMALS, ANTIMETABOLITES, AZINES, CATTLE, CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS, DISEASES, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, DRUGS, HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, HYDROXY COMPOUNDS, MAMMALS, MITOGENS, NUCLEOSIDES, NUCLEOTIDES, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS, PROTEINS, PYRIMIDINES, RIBOSIDES, RODENTS, RUMINANTS, SOMATIC CELLS, URACILS, VERTEBRATES
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