Correlation between the progressive cytoplasmic expression of a novel small heat shock protein (Hsp16.2) and malignancy in brain tumors

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Small heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones that protect proteins against stress-induced aggregation. They have also been found to have anti-apoptotic activity and to play a part in the development of tumors. Recently, we iden...

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Main Authors: Gallyas Ferenc, Boronkai Arpad, Szigeti Andras, Gomori Eva, Pozsgai Eva, Sumegi Balazs, Bellyei Szabolcs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-12-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/233