Survivin is involved in modulation of cell death and cell division processes. Survivin expression in normal adult tissues has not been fully understood, although it is markedly lower than in cancer, where it is over-expressed.
Unità di Medicina e Patologia Orale, Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia ed Odontoiatria, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20142 Milan, Italy. giovanni.lodi@unimi.it