Human Pathology
Volume 39, Issue 10 , Pages 1438-1445 , October 2008

Deleted in pancreatic carcinoma locus 4/Smad4 participates in the regulation of apoptosis by affecting the Bcl-2/Bax balance in non–small cell lung cancer

  • Zunfu Ke, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical School of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Province Guangdong, PR China
    • Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Province Guangdong, PR China
    • ,
  • Xiaowen Zhang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou 510080, PR China
    • ,
  • Lanlan Ma, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical School of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Province Guangdong, PR China
    • Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Province Guangdong, PR China
    • ,
  • Liantang Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical School of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Province Guangdong, PR China
    • Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Province Guangdong, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pathology, Medical School of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, PR China.

Received 28 November 2007 ,Revised 3 March 2008 ,Accepted 21 March 2008.

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☆ This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 39870305).

PII: S0046-8177(08)00136-6

doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.03.006

Human Pathology
Volume 39, Issue 10 , Pages 1438-1445 , October 2008

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