Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a review

F Petersson - Seminars in diagnostic pathology, 2015 - Elsevier
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is an umbrella term for a group of malignant epithelial tumors
with different etiopathogenesis and a broad range of histopathological appearances. Some …

Transcriptional regulation of the cyclin D1 gene at a glance

EA Klein, RK Assoian - Journal of cell science, 2008 - journals.biologists.com
3854 growth factors. The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) play a major role in
mitogenic signaling, and the canonical Ras-Raf-MEK [MAPK and extracellular signal …

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma—review of the molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis

J Chou, YC Lin, J Kim, L You, Z Xu… - Head & Neck …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a head and neck cancer rare throughout most of the
world but common in certain geographic areas, such as southern Asia. While environmental …

Tyrosine phosphorylation controls PCNA function through protein stability

SC Wang, Y Nakajima, YL Yu, W Xia, CT Chen… - Nature cell …, 2006 - nature.com
The proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is an essential protein for DNA replication and
damage repair. How its function is controlled remains an important question. Here, we show …

MicroRNA deregulation and pathway alterations in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

HC Chen, GH Chen, YH Chen, WL Liao, CY Liu… - British journal of …, 2009 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a family of small non-coding RNA molecules of about 20–23
nucleotides in length, which negatively regulate protein-coding genes at post-transcriptional …

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: the next challenges

ARA Razak, LL Siu, FF Liu, E Ito, B O'Sullivan… - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) differs from other head and neck cancers in its aetiology,
epidemiology and potential therapeutic options. Despite cure for the majority of the patients …

Role of nitrative and oxidative DNA damage in inflammation‐related carcinogenesis

M Murata, R Thanan, N Ma… - BioMed Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic inflammation induced by biological, chemical, and physical factors has been found
to be associated with the increased risk of cancer in various organs. We revealed that …

Epidermal growth factor receptor: a novel target of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in liver

X Tan, U Apte, A Micsenyi, E Kotsagrelos, JH Luo… - Gastroenterology, 2005 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Wnt/β-catenin activation is observed in normal liver development,
regeneration, and liver cancer. Our aim was to elucidate the regulation and mechanism of …

Nuclear translocation of the epidermal growth factor receptor family membrane tyrosine kinase receptors

SC Wang, MC Hung - Clinical Cancer Research, 2009 - AACR
Integral membrane proteins contain a hydrophobic transmembrane domain and mainly
locate in the plasma membrane lipid bilayer. The receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) of the …

[PDF][PDF] Role of Epstein-Barr virus encoded latent membrane protein 1 in the carcinogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

H Zheng, LL Li, DS Hu, XY Deng, Y Cao - Cell Mol Immunol, 2007 - cmi.ustc.edu.cn
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) has been known to
have oncogenic properties during latent infection in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Our …