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ArticleJournal of neuro-oncology2005

Benign tumors from the human nervous system express high levels of survivin and are resistant to spontaneous and radiation-induced apoptosis.

Maher Hassounah, Boleslaw Lach, Ayman Allam, Huda Al-Khalaf, Yunus Siddiqui, Nancy Pangue-Cruz, Abeer Al-Omeir, Mohammed N Al-Ahdal, Abdelilah Aboussekhra

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Article in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Survivin expression in ganglioglioma.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2006
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maher HassounahDepartment of Neurosciences, MBC# 76, Riadh, KSA.
Boleslaw Lach
Ayman Allam
Huda Al-Khalaf
Yunus Siddiqui
Nancy Pangue-Cruz
Abeer Al-Omeir
Mohammed N Al-Ahdal
Abdelilah Aboussekhra
Center for Neurosciences · USKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Survivin, an inhibitor of apoptosis, is over-expressed in foetal tissues and human cancers, but it is almost undetectable in normal tissues. Here we have assessed the level of the survivin protein in some benign tumors of the nervous system: meningioma, schwannoma, low-grade ependymoma, pilocytic astrocytoma and pituitary adenoma. Using immuno-blot analysis we present evidence that these low-grade tumors are positive for survivin expression. In agreement, flow cytometrical analysis showed that both spontaneous and radiation-induced apoptosis levels are very low in these neoplasms. Using host cell reactivation assay we have also shown that these tumor cells are proficient in the repair of gamma-ray-induced DNA damage. However, they are deficient in the removal of ultraviolet (UV) light-induced DNA photolesions, especially the shwannoma- and the pituitary adenoma-derived cells. These results suggest that survivin overexpression may be an early event in the stepwise tumoregenesis and hence could be responsible for the onset as well as the growth advantage during tumoregenic progression of malignant as well as benign neoplasms.

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ApoptosisCell Line, TumorDNA DamageElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelFlow CytometryGamma RaysGenes, p53HumansImmunoblottingInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsNervous System NeoplasmsOncogene Protein p21(ras)SurvivinTumor Cells, CulturedBIRC5 protein, humanInhibitor of Apoptosis ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsOncogene Protein p21(ras)Survivin

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