NF-kappaB and cancer-identifying targets and mechanisms.
Curr Opin Genet Dev
; 18(1): 19-26, 2008 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-18440219
ABSTRACT
A connection between inflammation and carcinogenesis has long been known, but the precise mechanisms are just beginning to be understood. NF-kappaB proteins, transcription factors which integrate stress signals and orchestrate immune responses, have also recently been linked to carcinogenesis. Hallmarks of cancer development include self-sufficiency in growth signals, insensitivity to growth-inhibitors, evasion of apoptosis, limitless replicative potential, tissue invasion and metastasis, and sustained angiogenesis. NF-kappaB signaling has been implicated in each of these hallmarks, and recent experimental studies have illuminated the mechanistic pathways by which NF-kappaB signaling contributes to these aspects of carcinogenesis. This review will focus on recent experimental data supporting the hypothesis that inflammation promotes carcinogenesis, and that NF-kappaB signaling is at the heart of such inflammation.
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NF-kappa B
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Inflamação
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
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Article