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Analysis of possible mechanisms accounting for raf-1 kinase inhibitor protein downregulation in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Omics : a journal of integrative biology - 1 Nov 2012
Poma Paola, Labbozzetta Manuela, Vivona Nicoletta, Porcasi Rossana, D'Alessandro Natale, Notarbartolo Monica
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Abstract Raf-1 kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) is a tumor and metastasis suppressor that promotes drug-induced apoptosis in cancer cells. It is frequently downregulated, both at the mRNA and protein level, in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the mechanisms leading to this reduction are obscure. We sequenced the whole RKIP gene in three human HCC cell lines (HA22T/VGH, HepG2, and Hep3B), and in five clinical...
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