Tumor Initiating Cells, Cell Cycle Control and Cancer Stem Cells

Tumor Initiating Cells, Cell Cycle Control and Cancer Stem Cells Tumor Initiating Cells, Cell Cycle Control and Cancer Stem Cells

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Proto-oncogenes promote hallmarks of cancer and are activated in human cancer Tumor suppressors (TS) inhibit hallmarks of cancer and are lost in human cancer

For example, evasion of apoptosis: • Bcl-2 is a survival factor (It inhibits mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) and the release of cytochrome c, which is required for caspase activation and cell death). - Bcl-2 is amplified in cancer - oncogene • p53 is an anti-survival factor (among other functions, it transcriptionally activates Bax which induces MOMP and cell death) -p53 is lost/mutated in cancer hence a TS (however most mutations in p53 are not null but dominant negative that also inhibit p63 - hence oncogenic) • The TS RB inhibits cell proliferation - but also apoptosis. Its loss leads to ectopic proliferation (oncogenic) but also so apoptosis (tumor suppression).

Proto-oncogenes promote hallmarks of cancer<br />

<strong>and</strong> are activated in human cancer<br />

<strong>Tumor</strong> suppressors (TS) inhibit hallmarks of cancer<br />

<strong>and</strong> are lost in human cancer

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