title: Wnt inhibitory factor-1: a candidate for a new player in tumorigenesis of intestinal epithelial cells.
abstract: Using cDNA-Representational Difference Analysis it was found that expression of Opg, Ctse, Krt2-4, Fut-2, 24p3 and Wif-1 genes was elevated in intestinal adenomas as compared to normal epithelial cells of Apc(Min/+) mutant mice. Expression of Wif-1, which encodes Wnt inhibitory factor-1 was also detected in a number of tumor cell lines of epithelial cell origin including two human colon adenocarcinoma cell lines. The possible role of Wif-1 over-expression in the etiology of colorectal cancer is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Rudolf Weigl St. 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cebrat
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Strzadala
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kisielow
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C485569:WIF1 protein, human; C118544:Wif1 protein, mouse