Sentences with phrase «suppressor gene initiates»

We have found that the initiation of pancreatic cancer does not follow the classic paradigm seen in colon cancer where loss of a tumor suppressor gene initiates tumorigenesis and then acquisition of an oncogene promotes tumor formation.

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And in at least a few lab - reared fish, UV can initiate the development of melanoma (especially among hybrids which inherit a tumor - promoting gene from one parent but no accompanying tumor - suppressor gene from the other).

These complexes lead to mutations in the TP53 tumor suppressor gene, which in turn initiate the process toward kidney cancer.