Article
Cellular and molecular aspects of gastric cancer.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 May 2006
Smith Malcolm-G, Hold Georgina-L, Tahara Eiichi, El-Omar Emad-M
Abstract excerpt
Gastric cancer remains a global killer with a shifting burden from the developed to the developing world. The cancer develops along a multistage process that is defined by distinct histological and pathophysiological phases. Several genetic and epigenetic alterations mediate the transition from one stage to another and these include mutations in oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes and cell cycle and mismatch...
Topics
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cytokines
- DNA Damage
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Neoplasm
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Growth Substances
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Inflammation
- Mutation
- NF-kappa B
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Proto-Oncogenes
- Reactive Oxygen Species
- Stomach Neoplasms
- Virulence
