Lung Cancer
Lung cancer carcinogenesis linked to overexpression of serine threonine kinase 15
Published in Genomics and Genetics Weekly, August 11th, 2006
According to a study from the People's Republic of China, "STK15 (also named BTAK, Aurora-A, aurora-2, or AIKI) is a type of mitotic kinase. The overexpression of STK15 is significantly associated with carcinogenesis in many tumors."
"The purpose of the present study was to investigate the expression of STK15 in lung squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma and analyze the correlation between STK15 expression and clinicopathological factors," explained H.T. Xu and colleagues, China Medical University. "The expression patterns of STK15 were examined by...
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