De-mystifying the mechanism(s) of maspin (original) (raw)

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Recent findings indicate that p53 regulates the expression of the tumor suppressor gene maspin, providing new mechanistic information about the factors that negatively regulate tumor cell metastasis.

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Figure 1: Hypothetical model for the expression of maspin (mammary serine protease inhibitor) in a normal mammary epithelial cell, in which the tumor suppressive function of maspin is intact along with transactivation through the (Ets) element.

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