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Nuclear karyopherin a2: a novel biomarker for infiltrative astrocytomas.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Sept 2012
Gousias K, Becker A J, Simon M, Niehusmann P
Abstract excerpt
The karyopherin (KPNA) protein family is involved in nucleocytoplasmic trafficking. Increased KPNA levels have been found to predict poor prognosis for a variety of solid tumors, including breast, ovarian, cervical, and prostate cancer, and melanoma. The purpose of this study was to evaluate karyopherin a2 as novel biomarker for astrocytic gliomas of WHO grades II-IV. We semiquantitatively measured nuclear...
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