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Intestinal Polyps

Known as: Intestinal polyp, intestines polyps, Intestinal Polyps [Disease/Finding] 
Discrete abnormal tissue masses that protrude into the lumen of the INTESTINE. A polyp is attached to the intestinal wall either by a stalk… 
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Intestinal Neoplasms

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Inhibition of the mTORC1 pathway suppresses intestinal polyp formation and reduces mortality in ApcΔ716 mice
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase that regulates cell growth via mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Metformin suppresses intestinal polyp growth in ApcMin/+ mice
Metformin is a biguanide derivative that is widely used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. One of the pharmacological targets… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
PTEN-deficient intestinal stem cells initiate intestinal polyposis
Intestinal polyposis, a precancerous neoplasia, results primarily from an abnormal increase in the number of crypts, which… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Concomitant suppression of hyperlipidemia and intestinal polyp formation in Apc-deficient mice by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ligands.
Epidemiological studies have shown a positive association of colon cancer with hyperlipidemia. Furthermore, signaling generated… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cyclooxygenase 2- and prostaglandin E(2) receptor EP(2)-dependent angiogenesis in Apc(Delta716) mouse intestinal polyps.
To investigate angiogenesis during intestinal polyp development, we determined the microvessel density (MVD) in polyps of Apc… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Acceleration of intestinal polyposis through prostaglandin receptor EP2 in ApcΔ716 knockout mice
Arachidonic acid is metabolized to prostaglandin H2 (PGH2) by cyclooxygenase (COX). COX-2, the inducible COX isozyme, has a key… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Effects of dietary folate on intestinal tumorigenesis in the apcMin mouse.
Review
2000
Review
2000
Chemopreventive effects of dietary folate on intestinal polyps in Apc+/-Msh2-/- mice.
Epidemiological and animal studies (reviewed in Y. I. Kim, J. Nutr. Biochemistry, 10: 66-88, 1999; J. B. Mason and T. Levesque… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium associated with Gardner's syndrome.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Perifollicular fibromatosis cutis with polyps of the colon—a cutaneo-intestinal syndrome sui generis
SummaryIn the present study, a peculiar fibromatosis cutis in two siblings has been reported the dermatosis being characterized… 
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