Background: Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (CCS) is a disease of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of multiple gastrointestinal polyps, chronic diarrhea, loss of appetite, alopecia, onychodystrophy, and cutaneous hyperpigmentation. CCS is a rare disease with an incidence rate of 1 per million. Clinicians are not aware of this disease, and the discovery of gastrointestinal polyps is often a starting point for the diagnosis of this disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. B cell-associated protein 31 (BAP31) was shown to participate in the apoptosis, and to be an immunotherapy target and a, prognostic factor for cancer, but its role in CRC has not been elucidated. In this study, we examined the expression of BAP31 in CRC to evaluate its prognostic values.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (CIP2A) is a recently identified oncoprotein that stabilizes c-Myc and promotes cell proliferation and transformation. Here, we investigated the clinical significance and biological function of CIP2A in endometrial cancer.
Method: CIP2A expression was assessed in normal endometrium, endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial atypical hyperplasia, and endometrioid adenocarcinoma tissues using immunohistochemistry, western blot, and RT-PCR.
Zhonghua Zheng Xing Wai Ke Za Zhi
September 2004