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==Cancer Prevention== | ==Cancer Prevention== | ||
In a 2005 study by Ceruti et al., researchers determined that | In a 2005 study by Ceruti et al., researchers determined that in addition to and perhaps even independent of its role as a cell cycle inhibitor, p19INK4d is involved in the maintenence of DNA integrity and, therefore, would contribute to cancer prevention. [3] This study shows that p19INK4d is the only INK4 protein whose expression is induced by UV light in neuroblastoma cells, and that this expression clearly reduces UV-induced (DNA-damage-induced) apoptosis by enhancing cellular ability to repair damaged DNA. [3] | ||
==Low et al. (2009) Study== | ==Low et al. (2009) Study== |