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Transcriptional expression of survivin and its splice variants in endometriosis.
Molecular human reproduction - 1 Jun 2006
Fujino Kuniko, Ueda Masatsugu, Takehara Mikio, Futakuchi Hikari, Kanda Koji, Yamashita Yoshiki, Terai Yoshito, Ueki Minoru
Abstract excerpt
Survivin is a novel inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP), and the two splice variants of survivin (survivin-2B and survivin-EX3) have been identified. Gene expression levels of survivin, survivin-2B and survivin-EX3 in 56 ectopic (16 peritoneal red and 16 peritoneal black lesions and 24 ovarian endometriomata) and 13 eutopic endometrial tissues surgically obtained from 42 women with endometriosis (group A) were compared...
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