In vivo Labeling of COX-2 Expression in Intestinal Polyp (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

In vivo Labeling of COX-2 Expression in Intestinal Polyp

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Mice bearing the mutation that causes familial adenomatous polyposis in human beings (Min mice) develop small intestinal tumors that express COX-2. Fluorocoxib injection into Min mice lights up an intestinal polyp.

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Lawrence Marnett, Ph.D., and colleagues

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