Immunohistochemical analysis of proteins of the Bcl-2 family in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: association of Bcl-2 expression with hormone receptor status. - Concepedia

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Immunohistochemical analysis of proteins of the Bcl-2 family in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: association of Bcl-2 expression with hormone receptor status.

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1998

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Jiro Usuki, Koji Horiba, Shuzhou Chu, Jessica Moss, V J Ferrans

Abstract

Our results suggest that the expression of Bcl-2 in LAM cells may be related to hormonal regulation, and that by decreasing apoptosis, Bcl-2 and related proteins contribute to the imbalance between proliferation and death of LAM cells.