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Nature Genetics 36, 1117–1121 (1 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/ng1430

BMP signaling inhibits intestinal stem cell self-renewal through suppression of Wnt|[ndash]||[beta]|-catenin signaling

Xi C He , Jiwang Zhang , Wei-Gang Tong , Ossama Tawfik , Jason Ross , David H Scoville , Qiang Tian , Xin Zeng , Xi He , Leanne M Wiedemann , Yuji Mishina & Linheng Li

In humans, mutations in BMPR1A, SMAD4 and PTEN are responsible for juvenile polyposis syndrome, juvenile intestinal polyposis and Cowden disease, respectively. The development of polyposis is a common feature of these diseases, suggesting that there is an association between BMP and PTEN pathways.