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Three years after MADH4 (also known as SMAD4) was identified as a gene critical to juvenile polyposis, BMPR1A, encoding a receptor in the same pathway, has been identified as another susceptibility gene. The TGFβ/BMP superfamily of molecules has not only been shown to be defective in neoplasia but also in the non-cancer developmental syndromes primary pulmonary hypertension and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

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    Charis Eng
  2. CRC Human Cancer Genetics Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom
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