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Cyclin B1 Mediates The Effect Of Uchl1 In Promoting Cell Cycle Progression In Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma, Suet Ying Kwan
Cyclin B1 Mediates The Effect Of Uchl1 In Promoting Cell Cycle Progression In Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma, Suet Ying Kwan
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Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) is an aggressive form of endometrial cancer with poor survival rates and a high risk of recurrence. The rarity of UPSC poses challenges to the discovery of novel targeted therapies. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation was to identify novel therapeutic targets that could aid in the management of UPSC. To do so, we began with the relatively large cohort of UPSC cases in the TCGA data set, which was used to identify differentially expressed genes between UPSC and low-grade endometrioid endometrial carcinoma (EEC) and normal tissue.
We identified Ubiquitin Carboxyl-Terminal Hydrolase L1 (UCHL1 …