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Immunoexpression of tumor suppressor genes p53, p21 WAF1/CIP1 and p27 KIP1 in humam astrocystic tumors.
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria - 1 Dec 2007
Faria Mário Henrique Girão, Patrocínio Régia Maria do Socorro Vidal do, Moraes Filho Manoel Odorico de, Rabenhorst Silvia Helena Barem
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the tumor suppressor genes p53, p21 WAF1/CIP1 and p27 KIP1 expression in astrocytic tumors, correlating the findings with the histopathological grade (WHO). An immunohistochemical study of the p53, p21 and p27 proteins using the streptavidin-biotin-peroxidase method was performed in fifty-five astrocytomas (13 grade I, 14 grade II, 7 grade III and 21 grade IV) and five...
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