| Literature DB >> 16555550 |
Laura Smith1, Helen K Berrieman, Sara L O'Kane, Anne Campbell, Anthony Maraveyas, Lynn Cawkwell.
Abstract
Apoptosis proteins may play a role in prognosis and therapy response; however, they have not been fully investigated in gastric cancer. We aimed to assess the expression of proteins in the Bcl-2 family. Immunohistochemistry was employed to examine the expression of the antiapoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL and the proapoptotic proteins Bad, Bak, Bax, Bid, Bim, and p53 in 21 cases of gastric cancer. Immunopositivity was observed in 12/21 (57%) cases for p53, 16/21 (76%) cases for Bcl-XL, and 5/21 (23%) cases for Bcl-2. For the proapoptotic members of the Bcl family, loss of protein expression was observed: Bid (14/21 cases; 66%), Bad (13/21 cases; 61%), Bax (12/21 cases; 57%), Bak (9/21 cases; 42%), and Bim (4/21 cases; 19%). This study identified apoptosis proteins that exhibit heterogeneous expression between primary gastric carcinomas.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16555550 DOI: 10.3727/096504005776568246
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oncol Res ISSN: 0965-0407 Impact factor: 5.574