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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2007; 13(19): 2717-2721
Published online May 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i19.2717
TTYH2, a human homologue of the Drosophila melanogaster gene tweety, is up-regulated in colon carcinoma and involved in cell proliferation and cell aggregation
Yuji Toiyama, Akira Mizoguchi, Kazushi Kimura, Junichirou Hiro, Yasuhiro Inoue, Tomonari Tutumi, Chikao Miki, Masato Kusunoki
Yuji Toiyama, Junichirou Hiro, Yasuhiro Inoue, Chikao Miki, Masato Kusunoki, Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Akira Mizoguchi, Kazushi Kimura, Tomonari Tutumi, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Mie University, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu Mie 514-8507, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Masato Kusunoki, MD, Department of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Division of Reparative Medicine, Institute of Life Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan. kusunoki@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
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Received: February 5, 2007
Revised: February 20, 2007
Accepted: March 1, 2007
Published online: May 21, 2007
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