Sentences with phrase «as hallmarks of cancer»

Alterations in the acquisition and metabolism of nutrients are now firmly recognized as hallmarks of cancer development.

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When mutated, BRAF, an enzyme that acts in a signaling cascade known as the MAPK / ERK pathway, becomes overactive and leads to increased cellular growth, a hallmark of cancer.

As a cancer drug, BEZ235 works by inhibiting the PI3K and mTOR metabolic pathways, which help fuel the unchecked cell division that is a hallmark of cancer.

She adds that the dawning realization that metabolic dysfunction may be a hallmark of cancer applies to solid tumors (like those in breast and lung cancer) as well as liquid tumors (like leukemia and lymphoma).

This widespread lack of the need for telomerase is used by evolution as a key component of our defense against cancer, because having a limit to the size and renewal of telomeres prevents our cells from replicating themselves indefinitely — the crucial hallmark of cancer.

The study, «VlincRNAs controlled by retroviral elements are a hallmark of pluripotency and cancer» found that novel non-coding parts of the human genome known as vlincRNAs (very long intergenic, non-coding RNAs) triggered by ancient viruses, participate in the biology of stem cells, and in the development of cancer.

Both genes code for proteins that function as growth factor receptors, meaning they sit on the surface of cells and, when activated, can spur the rapid cell growth that is a hallmark of cancer.

Douglas Hanahan and Robert Weinberg publish an update of their seminal review, Hallmarks of Cancer, adding to the list of cancer characteristics the ability of tumors to evade the immune system and emphasizing immune system - induced inflammation as an enabling characteristic in cancer develoCancer, adding to the list of cancer characteristics the ability of tumors to evade the immune system and emphasizing immune system - induced inflammation as an enabling characteristic in cancer develocancer characteristics the ability of tumors to evade the immune system and emphasizing immune system - induced inflammation as an enabling characteristic in cancer develocancer development.

Further, they present two new hallmarks — reprogramming of energy metabolism and evasion of immune destruction — that have emerged as critical capabilities of cancer cells.

Start with the Hallmarks of Cancer section to hear experts such as Robert Weinberg of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talk about the abilities a cell needs to spawn a tumor, which include dodging the immune system and thwarting suicide pathways.

Another more common example is cigarette smoke, which causes chronic inflammation in the lungs, producing oxidation (and free - radicals) and leads to DNA damage and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as well as lung cancer.6 A hallmark of both of these processes in the activation of nuclear factor - Kappa B (NF - KB), which is a protein complex that the body produces in response to inflammation, free radicals, cytokines, all hallmarks of stress.

Taken as a whole, we are not surprised by the hallmark impact on cancer prevention made by cruciferous vegetables, or the potential of this food group to modify activities in cells that have already become cancerous.

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