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Research from University of Murcia broadens understanding of kidneys

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 11th, 2008

Data detailed in 'The expression of cholinesterases in human renal tumours varies according to their histological types' have been presented. "The change in the expression of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) activities in neoplastic colon and lung prompted us to study the possible effect of cancer on the expression of cholinesterases (ChEs) in kidney. Samples of papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC), conventional RCC (cRCC), chromophobe RCC (chRCC) and renal oncocytoma (RON), beside adjacent non-cancerous tissues, were analyzed," scientists in Murcia, Spain report.

"In pRCC both AChE and BuChE activities were statistically increased; in cRCC...

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