Analysis of genomic, epigenetic, and RNA sequencing data revealed that the combinations of mutations that lowered the levels of functioning BRCA1 and BRCA2 RNA — genes that produce the breast
cancer tumor suppressor proteins — were associated with significantly better survival outcomes.
Not exact matches
Along with finding that the
tumor suppressor protein SIRT6 is inactive in around 30 percent of cases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the team identified the precise pathway by which SIRT6 suppresses PDAC development, a mechanism different from the way it suppresses colorectal
cancer.
But mutated or dysfunctional Rb is associated with several major
cancers and Cyclin D has long been described as an oncogene that promotes
cancer because it was believed to inactivate the Rb
tumor suppressor function through a process called phosphorylation, which involves phosphate molecules being added to
proteins, essentially turning them on or off.
«These findings reveal a unique fulvestrant signaling process involving the increased regulation of hsa - miR - 765 that suppresses the HMGA1
protein as part of the mechanism underlying the
tumor suppressor action in prostate
cancer.
The study, «The nuclear transport receptor Importin - 11 is a
tumor suppressor that maintains PTEN
protein,» which will be published online February 13 in The Journal of Cell Biology, suggests that the loss of Importin - 11 may destabilize PTEN, leading to the development of lung, prostate, and other
cancers.
BRCA1 and 2, genes whose
proteins are supposed to work as
tumor suppressors and also repair DNA damage, were the first known risk factor genes for familial breast
cancer as well as ovarian and other
cancers.
A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests that activating the
tumor suppressor p53 in normal cells causes them to secrete Par - 4, another potent
tumor suppressor protein that induces cell death in
cancer cells.
P53 is a
tumor suppressor gene, a
protein that regulates cell growth, and it is the most frequently mutated
suppressor gene in
cancer.
Now, results of a new study by Johns Hopkins Kimmel
Cancer Center scientists suggests a powerful role for the
protein in normal breast cells, acting as a
tumor suppressor that halts abnormal cell growth.
The scientists are planning further study of HOXA5's role in breast
cancer, following up on this work and a study published by Sukumar's lab in 2000 that showed a connection between low levels of HOXA5 and the well - known
tumor suppressor protein p53.
«HOXA5
protein acts as
tumor suppressor in breast
cancer, lab cell study shows.»
Dr. Shawn Li, PhD, and his team at Western's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, identified that a
protein called Numb functions to promote the death of
cancer cells by binding to and stabilizing a
tumor suppressor protein called p53 - a master regulator of cell death.
P53: The
protein p53 plays the role of
tumor suppressor, but creating a general increase in p53 levels will, in addition to reducing
cancer incidence, also accelerate aging by reducing tissue maintenance through the creation of new cells.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers at the Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center in New York have determined the three - dimensional structure of a
tumor suppressor protein inactivating...
She chose the dynamics and function of the
tumor suppressor protein p53, which plays a key role in
cancer and is widely studied.
In
cancer research, the CBP and p300
proteins were known as
tumor suppressors until the Panne lab showed that several known
cancer mutations could cause p300 to over-activate itself.
TP53 encodes a
tumor suppressor protein that normally prevents
cancer formation.
Mutation in a
tumor suppressor gene acts in the opposite way, causing
cancer in a recessive fashion by inactivation of the
tumor suppressor protein.
These data confirm that LARP7
protein levels are also reduced during breast
cancer progression, and thus suggest that LARP7 may play a potential
tumor suppressor role in breast
cancer.
To figure out the mechanism by which apple peels cleaned
cancer's clock, the researchers measured the effect of apple peels on the
tumor suppressor protein maspin inside the
cancer cells.
Glucosinolates may help prevent
cancer by helping to remove potential carcinogens from the body and increasing your body's defense against
cancer with
tumor suppressor proteins.