Mutations of the bak gene in human gastric and colorectal cancers.

Rare somatic mutation of pro-apoptotic BAX and BAK genes in common human cancers.

AIMS AND BACKGROUND BAX and BAK are both pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins and are essential for the pathway of intrinsic apoptosis. Apoptosis in cancer cells is frequently inactivated by somatic mutations. The aim of the study was to see whether somatic mutations of BAX and BAK genes are characteristics of common human cancers. METHODS We analyzed somatic mutation of BAX and BAK genes in 47 gastr...

Association of interleukin-1 gene polymorphism with risk of gastric and colorectal cancers in an Iranian population

بررسی فراوانی جهش‌های مضاعف شدگی ژنHER2/neu در بیماران مبتلا به سرطان معده با استفاده از تکنیک تکثیر پروب وابسته به الحاق چندتایی

Background and aims:  Gastric malignancies have the fourth place among the most prevalent cancers. In many cancers, overexpressing of HER2/neu gene has been observed with a poor prediction. Up to now, there is a little information about the duplication of HER2/neu gene in gastric cancer using MLPA method. The present study aimed to investigate the frequency of mutations resulting from ampl...

Mutations of p53 Gene in Skin Cancers: a Case Control Study

Background: The most frequently mutated tumor suppressor gene found in human cancer is p53. In a normal situation, p53 is activated upon the induction of DNA damage to either arrest the cell cycle or to induce apoptosis. However, when mutated, p53 is no longer able to properly accomplish these functions. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of p53 gene in cases of skin cancer...

Mutation Analysis of TP53 Tumor Suppressor Gene in Colorectal Cancer in Patients from Iran (Kerman Province)

Objective(s) P53 is an important tumor suppressor, which is mutated in later stages of many cancers and leads to resistance to chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to reveal mutations of TP53 in colorectal cancer in Kerman province. Materials and Methods A total of Forty-three colon cancer specimens as paraffin block or fresh tissues, which passed stage IIIA, were selected. Three exons 5,...