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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2000

Intracellular Fas ligand in normal and malignant breast epithelium does not induce apoptosis in Fas-sensitive cells.

G B Ragnarsson, E K Mikaelsdottir, H Vidarsson, J G Jónasson, K Olafsdóttir, K Kristjánsdóttir, J Kjartansson, H M Ogmundsdóttir, T Rafnar

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Prognostic value of the Fas/Fas ligand system in breast cancer.Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland) · 2013
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

G B RagnarssonMolecular and Cell Biology Research Laboratory, Icelandic Cancer Society, P.O. Box 5420, Reykjavík, IS-125.
E K Mikaelsdottir
H Vidarsson
J G Jónasson
K Olafsdóttir
K Kristjánsdóttir
J Kjartansson
H M Ogmundsdóttir
T Rafnar
Icelandic Cancer Society · ISUniversity of Iceland · IS

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fas ligand (FasL) is expressed on some cancers and may play a role in the immune evasion of the tumour. We used immuno-histochemistry to study the expression of Fas and FasL in tissue samples from breast cancer patients, as well as normal breast tissue. Our results show that Fas and FasL are co-expressed both in normal tissue and in breast tumours. Fas and FasL mRNA were expressed in fresh normal and malignant breast tissue, as well as cultured breast epithelium and breast cancer cell lines. Flow cytometry analysis of live cells failed to detect FasL on the surface of normal or malignant breast cells; however, both stained positive for FasL after permeabilization. Fas was detected on the surface of normal breast cells and T47D and MCF-10A cell lines but only intracellularly in other breast cell lines tested. Neither normal breast epithelium nor breast cell lines induced Fas-dependent apoptosis in Jurkat cells. Finally, 20 tumour samples were stained for apoptosis. Few apoptotic cells were detected and there was no increase in apoptotic cells on the borders between tumour cells and lymphocytes. We conclude that FasL is expressed intracellularly in both normal and malignant breast epithelium and unlikely to be important for the immune evasion of breast tumours.

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ApoptosisAnimalsBlotting, WesternBreastBreast NeoplasmsCells, CulturedEpitheliumFas Ligand Proteinfas ReceptorFemaleFlow CytometryGene Expression RegulationHumansImmunohistochemistryJurkat CellsMembrane GlycoproteinsFASLG protein, humanFas Ligand Proteinfas ReceptorMembrane GlycoproteinsRNA

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PMID11104571
PMCPMC2363445
OpenAlexW1980739371

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