Decreased Expression of Beclin 1 Correlates Closely with Bcl-xL Expression and Poor Prognosis of Ovarian Carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lin, Huan Xin ^a   Qiu, Hui Juan ^a   Zeng, Fei ^a,b   Rao, Hui Lan ^a   Yang, Guo Fen ^c   Kung, Hsiang Fu ^a,d   Zhu, Xiao Feng ^a   Zeng, Yi Xin ^a   Cai, Mu Yan ^a   Xie, Dan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTADENOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BCL-X PROTEIN; CARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; ROC CURVE; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875738196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060516     Document Type: Article

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