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Mol Cell Biol
2006 Mar 01;266:2055-64. doi: 10.1128/MCB.26.6.2055-2064.2006.
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Novel cross talk of Kruppel-like factor 4 and beta-catenin regulates normal intestinal homeostasis and tumor repression.
Zhang W
,
Chen X
,
Kato Y
,
Evans PM
,
Yuan S
,
Yang J
,
Rychahou PG
,
Yang VW
,
He X
,
Evers BM
,
Liu C
.
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Epithelial cells of the intestinal mucosa undergo a continual process of proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis which is regulated by multiple signaling pathways. The Wnt/beta-catenin pathway plays a critical role in this process. Mutations in the Wnt pathway, however, are associated with colorectal cancers. Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is an epithelial transcriptional factor that is down-regulated in many colorectal cancers. Here, we show that KLF4 interacts with beta-catenin and represses beta-catenin-mediated gene expression. Moreover, KLF4 inhibits the axis formation of Xenopus embryos and inhibits xenograft tumor growth in athymic nude mice. Our findings suggest that the cross talk of KLF4 and beta-catenin plays a critical role in homeostasis of the normal intestine as well as in tumorigenesis of colorectal cancers.
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