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Roles of Apoptosis-Regulating Bcl-2 Family Genes in AML
Among the cardinal features of malignancy is abrogation of cell death mechanisms, thus endowing cancer and leukemia cells with a selective survival advantage relative to normal cells. Genetic and epigenetic le...
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Bcl-2 family proteins and the regulation of programmed cell death in leukemia and lymphoma
Members of the bcl-2 gene family play a central role in regulating the relative sensitivity and resistance of cells to a wide variety of apoptotic stimuli. The first member of this multigene family ,bcl-2, was di...
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BCL-2 and Chemoresistance in Cancer
Programmed cell death is a physiological process that plays a critical role in the regulation of tissue homeostasis by ensuring that the rate at which new cells are produced in the body through cell division i...