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A tumor-specific gene therapy strategy targeting dysregulation of the VHL/HIF pathway in renal cell carcinomas.
Cancer science - 1 May 2005
Ogura Masakazu, Shibata Toru, Yi Junlin, Liu Junye, Qu Runjiang, Harada Hiroshi, Hiraoka Masahiro
Abstract excerpt
Hypoxia-inducible factors, key transcription factors for hypoxia-dependent gene expression, play important roles in angiogenesis and tumor growth. The VHL protein binds to the alpha subunit of (HIF-alpha) for its oxygen-dependent degradation. VHL mutations are found frequently in sporadic RCC. Disruption of VHL results in an abnormal accumulation of HIF-alpha, leading to the upregulation of downstream genes such...
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