To investigate the roles of the apoptosis signaling pathway mediated by mitochondria in oncogenesis and cytodifferentiation of odontogenic tumors, expression of pathway signaling molecules was analyzed in ameloblastomas as well as in tooth germs.
Division of Oral Pathology, Department of Oral Medicine and Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan. kumamoto@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp