Decreased expression of bcl-2 in moderate and severe oral epithelia dysplasias

Oral Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 691-698

  Loro, Lado Lako ^a,b   Johannessen, Anne Christine ^a   Vintermyr, Olav Karsten ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bax; bcl 2; Carcinoma; Dysplasia; Oral

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA FRAGMENT; ONCOPROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM DYSPLASIA; FOCAL EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH MUCOSA; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAMPLE; TISSUE SECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE;

APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BCL-2; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; HUMANS;

EID: 0036024538     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(02)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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