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Malignant cells showed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity often with a granular pattern. Several cases of renal, testicular, cervical and lung cancers were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
DAD1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
OST2
Description
Defender against cell death 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
DAD1, the defender against apoptotic cell death, was initially identified as a negative regulator of programmed cell death in the temperature sensitive tsBN7 cell line. The DAD1 protein disappeared in temperature-sensitive cells following a shift to the nonpermissive temperature, suggesting that loss of the DAD1 protein triggered apoptosis. DAD1 is believed to be a tightly associated subunit of oligosaccharyltransferase both in the intact membrane and in the purified enzyme, thus reflecting the essential nature of N-linked glycosylation in eukaryotes. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]