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HSF1, a versatile factor in tumorogenesis.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Nov 2012
Calderwood S K
Abstract excerpt
HSF1 is an essential factor in the acute response to proteotoxic stress, in which it causes rapid transcription of heat shock protein (HSP) genes in order to permit survival of cells and restoration of global protein quality. In addition to this property however, HSF1 is chronically activated or overexpressed in a wide range of cancers and is essential for multiple pathways of malignant transformation. Studies in...
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