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A -1573T>C SNP within the human TRAIL promoter determines TRAIL expression and HCC tumor progression.
Cancer medicine - 1 Oct 2016
Piras-Straub Katja, Khairzada Khaleda, Kocabayoglu Peri, Paul Andreas, Gerken Guido, Herzer Kerstin
Abstract excerpt
The cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis in liver cancer cells but not in normal liver cells. Therefore, TRAIL got credited to play a role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development and progression. Impaired expression of TRAIL in HCC cells and sequence variations in the TRAIL promoter may facilitate development, growth, and spread . The TRAIL...
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