Sentences with phrase «ancient cellular survival»
Whitehead Institute scientists report that patients whose estrogen receptor (ER)- positive breast cancers have high levels of an ancient cellular survival factor experience poor outcomes — including increased mortality.
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Long associated with enabling the proliferation of cancer cells, the ancient cellular survival response regulated by Heat - Shock Factor 1 (HSF1) can also turn neighboring cells in their environment into co-conspirators that support malignant progression and metastasis.