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[Prognostic significance of p53 autoantibodies in serum of patients with breast carcinoma].
Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie - 1 Jan 1996
Huober J, Sprenger H, Costa S D, Zentgraf H, Schmid H, Kaufmann M, Bastert G
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene are the most common genetic alterations associated with malignant tumors including breast and gynecologic carcinomas. Overexpression of p53 protein is a result of increased protein stability caused through conformationally alteration. Accumulation of mutant p53 in tumor cells may lead to a humoral immune response with development of p53 autoantibodies. In the present...
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