Sentences with phrase «studied as an oncogene»
p53 is therefore well - studied as an oncogene, or a gene that when not functioning normally can contribute to a normal cell becoming cancerous.
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«Our study identified miR - 182 as a glioblastoma tumor suppressor that reduces the expression of several oncogenes that promote cancer development,» said senior author of the study Alexander Stegh, an assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee department of neurology and of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
The three Ras genes found in humans — H - Ras, K - Ras and N - Ras — were among the first to be linked to cancer development, and a new study led by VCU Massey Cancer Center researcher Paul Dent, Ph.D., has shown the recently approved breast cancer drug neratinib can block the function of Ras as well as several other oncogenes through an unexpected process.
A new Tel Aviv University study pinpoints the inverse correlation between a known oncogene — a gene that promotes the development of cancer — and the expression of an oncosuppressor microRNA as the reason for extended pancreatic cancer survival.
In this study, researchers identified one microRNA (MIR548K) encoded in this region, and found it was characterized as a novel oncogene and functional assays which demonstrated that MIR548K enhances malignant phenotypes of ESCC cells.
Cunningham serves as vice chair of the American Cancer Society Molecular Genetics and Oncogenes Study Section.