title: [Stress proteins: expression of a universal phenomenon of cell defense].
abstract: Heat shock proteins or stress proteins play a role in adaptative thermotolerance. All cells, procaryotic and eucaryotic, are able to respond to different cellular aggressions by the synthesis of these stress proteins. In normal physiological conditions, they are considered as "molecular chaperones" Their actual role in pathology is still unknown; some of these heat shock proteins may be correlated with the degree of aggressiveness of some tumors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique et de Microscopie Electronique, Hôpital Erasme, U.L.B.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vanmuylder
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Evrard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coremans-Pelseneer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dourov
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000276:immunology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000276:immunology*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000276:immunology; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000276:immunology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones
vernacular_title: Les protéines de stress: expression d'un phénomène universel de défense cellulaire.