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Expressional and mutational analysis of pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 member PUMA in hepatocellular carcinomas.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 May 2008
Ahn Chang H, Jeong Eun G, Kim Sung S, Lee Jong W, Lee Sung H, Kim Sung H, Kim Min S, Yoo Nam J, Lee Sug Hyung
Abstract excerpt
Deregulation of apoptosis is involved in mechanisms of cancer development. PUMA is a pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family and mediates p53-dependent and -independent apoptosis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether alterations of PUMA protein expression and somatic mutations of PUMA gene are characteristics of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We analyzed expression of PUMA protein in 20 HCCs...
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