@prefix dcterms: . @prefix this: . @prefix sub: . @prefix beldoc: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dce: . @prefix pav: . @prefix np: . @prefix belv: . @prefix prov: . @prefix go: . @prefix RNA: . @prefix hgnc: . @prefix geneProductOf: . @prefix mesh: . @prefix occursIn: . @prefix species: . @prefix pubmed: . @prefix orcid: . sub:Head { this: np:hasAssertion sub:assertion; np:hasProvenance sub:provenance; np:hasPublicationInfo sub:pubinfo; a np:Nanopublication . } sub:assertion { sub:_1 geneProductOf: hgnc:939; a RNA: . sub:_2 occursIn: mesh:D010179, species:9606; rdf:object sub:_1; rdf:predicate belv:increases; rdf:subject go:0009408; a rdf:Statement . sub:assertion rdfs:label "bp(GO:\"response to heat\") -> r(HGNC:BAG3)" . } sub:provenance { beldoc: dce:description "Approximately 61,000 statements."; dce:rights "Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Selventa. All rights reserved."; dce:title "BEL Framework Large Corpus Document"; pav:authoredBy sub:_4; pav:version "1.4" . sub:_3 prov:value "pancreatic cancer cells are usually resistant to apoptosis mediated by intrinsic or extrinsic factors. bag-3 (bis, cair), which was identified as a bag-1-related protein, is a novel modulator of cellular anti-apoptotic activity that functions through its interaction with bcl-2. in this study we analyzed bag-3 expression in human pancreatic cancer tissues and cell lines. bag-3 mrna was expressed at moderate to high levels in all pancreatic cancer samples, but at low levels in normal pancreas tissues. in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that bag-3 was present in the cancer cells within the pancreatic tumor mass. when bag-3 mrna was analyzed in other gastrointestinal cancers (hepatocellular carcinoma; esophageal, stomach and colon cancer), no difference was found from their corresponding normal controls. in pancreatic cancer cells, bag-3 mrna expression levels were strongly induced after heat stress, but not in response to members of the tumor necrosis factor (tnf)-alpha family (tnf-alpha, trail, fasl). these findings indicate that in pancreatic cancer, in contrast to other gastrointestinal malignancies, increased levels of bag-3 might function to block apoptosis. this characteristic of pancreatic cancer might contribute to its more aggressive growth behavior and poor responsiveness to treatment in vivo. in pancreatic cancer cells, bag-3 mrna expression levels were strongly induced after heat stress, but not in response to members of the tumor necrosis factor (tnf)-alpha family (tnf-alpha, trail, fasl)."; prov:wasQuotedFrom pubmed:11513873 . sub:_4 rdfs:label "Selventa" . sub:assertion prov:hadPrimarySource pubmed:11513873; prov:wasDerivedFrom beldoc:, sub:_3 . } sub:pubinfo { this: dcterms:created "2014-07-03T14:29:57.893+02:00"^^xsd:dateTime; pav:createdBy orcid:0000-0001-6818-334X, orcid:0000-0002-1267-0234 . }