Nurturing behaviors stimulate activation of pathways that remove methyl groups from DNA, allowing the glucocorticoid gene, which lowers stress response, to be activated. (motherhoodinpointoffact.com)
Abnormal activation of this pathway was known to trigger cancers. (sciencedaily.com)
Since activation of these pathways is also dependent on the mutational status of Ras or Braf [2, 11], inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor or its individual downstream pathways such as ERK1 / 2 or AKT signaling has been evaluated for their radio - sensitizing potential and found effective in certain cases both in vitro as well as in vivo studies with Ras or Braf mutations [12 - 18]. (wjon.org)