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Role of TRAP1 and estrogen receptor alpha in patients with ovarian cancer -A study of the OVCAD consortium
14 Sept 2012
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The role of the tumor necrosis factor receptor associated protein 1 (TRAP1) - supposed to be involved in protection of cells from apoptosis and oxidative stress - has just started to be investigated in ovarian cancer. TRAP1 has been shown to be estrogen up-regulated in estrogen receptor α (ERα) positive ovarian cancer cells. The clinical impact of TRAP1 is not clear so far and the significance of ERα...
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