In the normal urothelium, expression of NRG1 α and NRG1 β 1 isoforms was highest in the differentiated superficial cells and NRG1 α and NRG1 β mRNA was detected in 90 and 61% of tumours, respectively, with a negative trend between NRG1 β expression and survival ( Memon et al , 2004 ).
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