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Induction of mutant p53-dependent apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting stress protein mortalin.
International journal of cancer - 15 Oct 2011
Lu Wen-Jing, Lee Nikki P, Kaul Sunil C, Lan Feng, Poon Ronnie T P, Wadhwa Renu, Luk John M
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Stress protein mortalin (mtHSP70) is highly expressed in cancer cells. It was shown to contribute to carcinogenesis by sequestrating the wild type p53, a key tumor suppressor protein, in the cytoplasm resulting in an abrogation of its transcriptional activation function. We have found that the level of mortalin expression has significant correlation with human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) malignancy and...
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