Apoptotic Versus Angiogenic Factors in Gastric and Colorectal Cancers
Gastric-colon cancer is a complex, multi-stage disease involving deregulation of different signaling cascades. Tis study was conducted to determine the extent of apoptosis, angiogenesis, inflammation, and oxidative stress in patients with gastric-colon cancers. Plasma levels of soluble (s) Fas, bcl-2 as antiapoptotic indices; cathepsin D (CD), calpain I and II as proteolytic, apoptotic indices; nitric oxide (NO), lipid peroxides (LPER) ... Read more