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Tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) in comparison with mutations of tumour suppressor gene P53 (TP53) in patients with bladder cancer.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Ecke Thorsten H, Lenk Severin V, Schlechte Horst H, Loening Stefan A
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BACKGROUND: Tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) is a circulating complex of polypeptide fragments from cytokeratins 8, 18 and 19. It is a tumour-related protein. TPA is an indicator of higher cell proliferation. One function of TP53 is the suppression of apoptosis. TP53 mutations are frequently correlated with tumour development in bladder cancer. One function of TP53 is the suppression of apoptosis. We compared TPA...
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