Revisão Acesso aberto

NF‐ κ B activation in melanoma

2006; Wiley; Volume: 19; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00304.x

ISSN

1600-0749

Autores

Yukiko Ueda, Ann Richmond,

Tópico(s)

RNA regulation and disease

Resumo

Summary Metastatic melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer that is notoriously resistant to current cancer therapies. In human melanoma, nuclear factor‐kappa B (NF‐ κ B) is upregulated, leading to the deregulation of gene transcription. In this review, we discuss (i) the relationship between gene alteration in melanoma and upregulation of NF‐ κ B, (ii) mechanisms by which activated NF‐ κ B switch from pro‐apoptotic to anti‐apoptotic functions in melanoma and (iii) autocrine mechanisms that promote constitutive activation of NF‐ κ B in metastatic melanoma.

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