Axl promotes cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma survival through negative regulation of pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 509-517

  Papadakis, Emmanouil S ^a   Cichoń, Monika A ^a   Vyas, Jashmin J ^a   Patel, Nakul ^a   Ghali, Lucy ^b   Cerio, Rino ^a   Storey, Alan ^c   O'Toole, Edel A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE AXL; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SKIN CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 78651392223     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.326     Document Type: Article

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