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Research results from University of Patras, Medical Department update understanding of genetics

Published in Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly, April 3rd, 2010

According to recent research from Rion, Greece, "Inhibitor of growth 4 (ING-4) is a tumor suppressor gene that interacts with nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappa B) and represses its transcriptional activity. Several lines of evidence suggest that the tumor suppressor gene ING-4, the transcription factor NF-kappa B and its target genes matrix metalloproteases MMP-2, MMP-9 and urokinase plasminogen activator (u-PA) are critically involved in tumor invasion."

"The aim of the present study was to investigate immunohistochemically the expression pattern of ING-4, NF-kappa B and the NF-kappa B downstream targets MMP-2, MMP-9 and u-PA in human astrocytomas from 101 patients. We...

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