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Unlike esophageal squamous cells, Barrett's epithelial cells resist apoptosis by activating the nuclear factor-kappaB pathway.
Cancer research - 15 Jan 2009
Hormi-Carver Kathy, Zhang Xi, Zhang Hui Ying, Whitehead Robert H, Terada Lance S, Spechler Stuart J, Souza Rhonda F
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis is an important mechanism for maintaining tissue homeostasis and for preventing the proliferation of cells with mutations that could result in malignancy. Barrett's epithelium has been reported to be more resistant to apoptosis than normal esophageal squamous epithelium. We have explored the contribution of the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) pathway to apoptotic resistance in non-neoplastic,...
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