Nephron Progenitor But Not Stromal Progenitor Cells Give Rise to Wilms Tumors in Mouse Models with β-Catenin Activation or Wt1 Ablation and Igf2 Upregulation
Wilms tumor, a common childhood tumor of the kidney, is thought to arise from undifferentiated renal mesenchyme. Variable tumor histology and the identification of tumor subsets displaying different gene expression profiles suggest that tumors may arise at different stages of mesenchyme differentiat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-02-01
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Series: | Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558615001670 |