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Mutational analysis of hypoxia-related genes HIF1alpha and CUL2 in common human cancers.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Dec 2009
Park Sang Wook, Chung Nak Gyun, Hur Soo Young, Kim Ho Shik, Yoo Nam Jin, Lee Sug Hyung
Abstract excerpt
Hypoxia is a general feature of solid cancer tissues. Hypoxia upregulates hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF1alpha) that transactivates downstream genes and contributes to cancer pathogenesis. HIF1alpha is upregulated not only by hypoxia but also by genetic alterations in HIF1alpha-related gene...
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