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Abnormal expression of MDM2 in prostate carcinoma.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 May 2001
Leite K R, Franco M F, Srougi M, Nesrallah L J, Nesrallah A, Bevilacqua R G, Darini E, Carvalho C M, Meirelles M I, Santana I, Camara-Lopes L H
Abstract excerpt
Mutation of p53 is rare in localized prostate carcinoma. The oncoprotein MDM2, whose gene has a response element for p53, promotes the degradation of p53 protein and inhibits its transcriptional activation of genes related to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, constituting a negative feedback control. We studied p53 and MDM2 expression by immunohistochemistry and looked for mutations in p53 exons 5 to 8 by...
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