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A deregulated integrated stress response promotes interferon-γ-induced medulloblastoma.
Journal of neuroscience research - 1 Oct 2011
Lin Wensheng, Lin Yifeng, Li Jin, Harding Heather P, Ron David, Jamison Stephanie
Abstract excerpt
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress activates pancreatic ER kinase (PERK), which coordinates an adaptive program known as the integrated stress response (ISR) by phosphorylating translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α). There is evidence that the ISR is involved in tumor development. Recent studies also show that the ISR stimulates the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), a master regulator...
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