| Literature DB >> 11161397 |
W K Leung1, K F To, Y P Ng, T L Lee, J Y Lau, F K Chan, E K Ng, S C Chung, J J Sung.
Abstract
Wild-type p53 competitively binds to the promoter region of COX-2 in vitro and inhibits its transcription. We examined the association between p53 mutation and COX-2 expression in gastric cancer. COX-2 over-expression was seen in 19 (48.7%) cases. These tumours had more lymph-node metastasis (P = 0.048) and tended to have a poorer survival (P = 0.07). Missense mutations of p53 were detected in 20 (51.3%) patients and had a significantly stronger COX-2 expression than tumours without p53 mutation (P = 0.016). Our results suggest a link between p53 mutation and COX-2 overexpression in gastric cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11161397 PMCID: PMC2363738 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1607
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640