Beclin-1 expression is a significant predictor of survival in patients with lymph node-positive gastric cancer.

Beclin 1 is a main actor of autophagy. The expression of Beclin 1 and its prognostic role in gastric cancer is largely unexplored. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the expression of beclin 1 in gastric cancer cells, tissues and its relationship with prognosis.The expression of Becl...

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Main Authors: Qi-Rong Geng, Da-Zhi Xu, Long-Jun He, Jia-Bing Lu, Zhi-Wei Zhou, You-Qing Zhan, Yue Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3459952?pdf=render