Yee Douglas
Masonic Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Feb 15;21(4):665-6. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-2548.
The control of cell death involves a complex interaction of multiple proteins. In a study published in the January 1, 2000, issue of Clinical Cancer Research, Tanaka and colleagues demonstrated that one of the proapoptotic proteins, survivin, was frequently expressed in breast cancer. In the subsequent years, effectors of apoptosis have translated into important prognostic indicators and potential therapeutic targets.
细胞死亡的调控涉及多种蛋白质的复杂相互作用。在2000年1月1日发表于《临床癌症研究》杂志的一项研究中,田中及其同事证明,一种促凋亡蛋白survivin在乳腺癌中经常表达。在随后的几年里,凋亡效应蛋白已转化为重要的预后指标和潜在的治疗靶点。