“…The mutant corpus showed increased levels of multiple canonical SPEM transcripts Cftr, Pigr, Muc13, Dmbt1, Wfdc2, Gda, Clu, Plaur, Slc5a1, and Lgals4 ( Figure 11 , D ), as observed previously in multiple models of gastric cancer. 35 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 We confirmed upregulation of protein levels of VIL1, PIGR, and CD44 in our model. Gastric stem or progenitor cells have been proposed to be candidates for cancer stem cells, a possible source of cancer initiation.…”