Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 907-916.e2 , September 2008

Hoxc6 Is Overexpressed in Gastrointestinal Carcinoids and Interacts With JunD to Regulate Tumor Growth

  • Kotoyo Fujiki

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Eva–Maria Duerr

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Hirotoshi Kikuchi

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Aylwin Ng

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Ramnik J. Xavier

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Yusuke Mizukami

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Takaaki Imamura

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Matthew H. Kulke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Daniel C. Chung

      Affiliations

    • Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Daniel C. Chung, GRJ 825, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114. fax: (617) 643-0195

Received 23 November 2007 ,Accepted 9 June 2008.

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 Supported by the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation, Stephen and Caroline Kaufer Fund for Neuroendocrine Tumor Research, by a fellowship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (E.-M.D.), and by a fellowship from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (A.N.).

 Present address for Y.M.: Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01080-9

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.06.034

Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 907-916.e2 , September 2008

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