Article
Ras p21 protein levels in human plasma from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared with lung cancer patients and healthy controls.
Mutation research - 17 Jul 1998
Anderson D, Hughes J A, Cebulska-Wasilewska A, Nizankowska E, Graca B
Abstract excerpt
To explore the value of an increase in ras p21 proteins in plasma as a biomarker for the carcinogenic process or for the general disease state, we have directly analysed for ras p21 proteins, plasma samples from Polish human patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They were co...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Lung Diseases, Obstructive
- Lung Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Oncogene Protein p21(ras)
