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bcl-2 expression is reciprocal to p53 and c-myc expression in metastatic human colorectal cancer.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Jul 1998
Popescu R A, Lohri A, de Kant E, Thiede C, Reuter J, Herrmann R, Rochlitz C F
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis (programmed cell death) inhibition may be an important mechanism by which gastrointestinal mucosal cells containing damaged DNA evade normal clearance mechanisms and grow to become invasive tumours. Since bcl-2 is an apoptosis inhibitor, bcl-2 mRNA expression was measured in 21 metastases of colorectal cancer using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis. The mean bcl-2 mRNA expression...
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