Expression of the apoptosis inhibitor, survivin, in nonmelanoma skin cancer and gene targeting in a keratinocyte cell line.
Grossman D, McNiff J, Li F, Altieri D. Expression of the apoptosis inhibitor, survivin, in nonmelanoma skin cancer and gene targeting in a keratinocyte cell line. Laboratory Investigation 1999, 79: 1121-6. PMID: 10496530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaBasal cell carcinomaNonmelanoma skin cancerHypertrophic actinic keratosisCell carcinomaSkin cancerKeratinocyte cell lineCutaneous squamous cell carcinomaG0/G1 fractionCell linesAdvanced diseaseBowen's diseaseActinic keratosisSurvivin dominant-negative mutantPremalignant lesionsTherapeutic targetingApoptosis inhibitor survivinSurvivin expressionFlow cytometryWestern blottingDecreased levelsMorpheaform subtypesCancerSpontaneous apoptosisDisease