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High levels of the p53 inhibitor MDM4 in head and neck squamous carcinomas.
Human pathology - 1 Oct 2007
Valentin-Vega Yasmine A, Barboza Juan A, Chau Gilda P, El-Naggar Adel K, Lozano Guillermina
Abstract excerpt
The p53 tumor suppressor is mutated in most human tumors. MDM2, a well-known inhibitor of p53, is overexpressed in a large number of tumors, suggesting that increased levels of MDM2 also contribute to tumorigenesis. A novel p53 inhibitor, MDM4, was more recently identified. The role of MDM4 in cancer development is not well understood. We set out to examine the levels of MDM4 by immunohistochemistry in head and...
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