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Title
BIRC6 protein, an inhibitor of apoptosis: role in survival of human prostate cancer cells.
Authors
Low, Christopher G; Luk, Iris S U; Lin, Dong; Fazli, Ladan; Yang, Kuo; Xu, Yong; Gleave, Martin; Gout, Peter W; Wang, Yuzhuo
Abstract
BIRC6 is a member of the Inhibitors of Apoptosis Protein (IAP) family which is thought to protect a variety of cancer cells from apoptosis. The main objective of the present study was to investigate whether BIRC6 plays a role in prostate cancer and could be useful as a novel therapeutic target.