Increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio up-regulates caspase-3 and increases apoptosis in the thymus of patients with myasthenia gravis.

作者: Athanassios C. Tsamandas , Stavroula Salakou , Dimitrios Kardamakis , Vassiliki Zolota , Dimitrios Dougenis

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摘要: Background: In this study the possible relation of Bax (an apoptosis promoter) to Bcl-2 (an apoptosis inhibitor) ratio with the apoptosis co-ordination enzyme, caspase-3, in the thymus of …

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