Human right and left colon differ in epithelial cell apoptosis and in expression of Bak, a pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 homologue

Gut

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Liu, L U ^a   Holt, P R ^a   Krivosheyev, V ^a   Moss, S F ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Cell cycle; Cell proliferation; Colon carcinogenesis; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

DNA; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON MUCOSA; COLON TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM;

EID: 0033044334     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.1.45     Document Type: Article

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