Sentences with phrase «uncontrolled cell growth»

Certain skin - dwelling microbes may be anticancer superheroes, reining in uncontrolled cell growth.

Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.

The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene is a tumour suppressor gene, i.e. a gene preventing uncontrolled cell growth that could lead to the formation of a cancer tumour.

In cancer, mutations occur in a cell's DNA sequence that alter gene expression and cause uncontrolled cell growth.

The activation of the YAP protein induces uncontrolled cell growth and inhibits cell death, causing malignancies.

But in some cancers — prostate, pancreatic, ovarian and lung in particular — the hedgehogs somehow turn back on, and force uncontrolled cell growth: cancer.

This indicated that these particular microRNAs could exacerbate uncontrolled cell growth and might be somehow involved in immune system cancers.

The glands lining the inner wall of the colon are the sites for most abnormal cell behavior such as uncontrolled cell growth, which results in polyps (non-cancerous growths) and later on in adenocarcinomas or tumors.

The model will describe cellular pathways that contribute to tumor formation and explain in detail how the genetic disposition of an individual can activate expression of genes that drive uncontrolled cell growth and lead to cancer.

Not only is cancer riddled with uncontrolled cell growth.

This condition is often associated with dental disease, skin infections and uncontrolled cell growth called neoplasia.

In dogs uncontrolled cell growth or tumors (neoplasia) is not common.

Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth, which means the protein production machinery goes into overdrive to provide the building materials and control systems for new cells.

The team at the Institute, supported by GSK and together with AstraZeneca have identified another way that PTEN may prevent uncontrolled cell growth.

When estrogen is unchecked by progesterone it can cause uncontrolled cell growth, which can lead to cancer, especially of the breast, ovaries and uterus.

Failure of this regulation not only impairs the process of development, but also contributes to the reversal of cell differentiation and the uncontrolled cell growth that are the hallmarks of cancer.

Cancer is due to DNA modifications in a cell, which leads to uncontrolled cell growth.

Head and neck cancers are a group of diseases involved abnormal, uncontrolled cell growth in head and neck tissues.

In 1972, she identified a genetic glitch in chronic myelogenous leukemia cells — a swap of genes she called chromosomal translocation — that resulted in the uncontrolled cell growth of cancer.

The loss of this regulation by Ezh2 «releases the brakes» on Gfi1 and leads to uncontrolled cell growth.

While there are several different forms of cancer, they are all characterized by uncontrolled cell growth that typically forms a lump or tumor.