Prognostic significance of smac/DIABLO in endometrioid endometrial cancer

Autor: Bozena Dobrzycka, Slawomir J. Terlikowski, Piotr S. Bernaczyk, Magdalena Garbowicz, Jacek Niklinski, Lech Chyczewski, Marek Kulikowski
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica, Vol 48, Iss 4, Pp 678-681 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0239-8508
1897-5631
Popis: Apoptosis may occur via a death receptor-dependent or independent (mitochondrial) pathway. The mitochondrialpathway is regulated by small molecules, such as smac/Diablo, which activates caspase cascades. This study examinedsmac/DIABLO expression in 76 patients with endometrioid endometrial cancers. Presence of smac/DIABLO was quantifiedby Western blot analysis using nonfixed fresh frozen tissues. Its appearance was found in 55 (72%) of examined tumors.Smac/DIABLO expression significantly correlated with tumor grade (p
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