It promotes tumor cell proliferation and resistance to apoptosis (programmed cell death after a certain number of cell divisions, a good thing when it comes to cancer cells).
«In our study, we demonstrated that alpha - KGDH, when coupled with Gcn5, induces histone succinylation and
promotes tumor cell proliferation and tumor development.»
STC2 overexpression could
promote tumor cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis in prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, or neuroblastoma.
Not exact matches
But recent evidence suggests that Nanog
promotes tumor growth by stimulating the
proliferation of cancer stem
cells.
They found higher levels of JAK1 in resistant
tumors, which caused increased expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-- a receptor tyrosine kinase that
promotes cell proliferation.
Using
tumor cells from DLBCL patients, the scientists discovered that the inactivation of BTK in resistant
tumors triggers the over-activation of alternative signals that
promote tumor cell survival and
proliferation.
In Wilms
tumors, one set of mutations
promotes abnormal and continued
proliferation of the undifferentiated
cells.
«Foxo1 is a
tumor suppressor gene, but it
promotes B
cell proliferation in the germinal center,» he said.
In a recent study, senior author and Yale pathology professor Wang Min demonstrated that the
tumors release substances called cytokines to attract macrophages, which then secrete growth factors that
promote tumor cell growth and
proliferation.
A great deal of evidence has now been amassed that stromal
cell senescence plays an important role in laying the groundwork for
tumor metastasis,
promoting cell proliferation with inflammatory cytokines, encouraging angiogenesis, and degrading the
tumor - suppressive action of an intact extracellular matrix.
Cyclin D1 has been observed in many human
tumors and is likely to
promote cell proliferation and differentiation by shortening the G1 / S transition.
Dr. Gollnick's laboratory explores how
tumor cells co-opt the host immune system to
promote chronic inflammation that leads to increased vascularization, suppression of anti-
tumor immunity and increased
tumor cell proliferation and migration.