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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-20
pubmed:abstractText
FLIP (FLICE Inhibitory Protein) is a recently identified intracellular inhibitor of caspase-8 activation that potently inhibits cell death mediated by all death receptors including Fas and TRAIL. FLIP has recently been shown to favor tumor growth and immune escape in mouse tumor models. We analyzed FLIP expression by immunohistochemistry in a panel of 61 benign and malignant human melanocytic skin lesions. FLIP expression was undetectable in all but one benign melanocytic lesion (31/32, 97%). In contrast, FLIP was strongly expressed in most melanomas (24/29 = 83%). Overexpression of FLIP by transfection in a Fas- and TRAIL-sensitive human melanoma cell line rendered this cell line more resistant to death mediated by both TRAIL and FasL. Selective expression of FLIP by human melanomas may confer in vivo resistance to FasL and TRAIL, thus representing an additional mechanism by which melanoma cells escape immune destruction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CFLAR protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cflar protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FASLG protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fas Ligand Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fasl protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intracellular Signaling Peptides..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TNFSF10 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tnfsf10 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-202X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
360-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-CASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulating Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Fas Ligand Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Nevus, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Skin Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11511316-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Selective expression of FLIP in malignant melanocytic skin lesions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Geneva University Medical School, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't