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Hypoxia-inducible factors, stem cells, and cancer.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17482542     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Regions of severe oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) arise in tumors due to rapid cell division and aberrant blood vessel formation. The hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) mediate transcriptional responses to localized hypoxia in normal tissues and in cancers and can promote tumor progression by altering cellular metabolism and stimulating angiogenesis. Recently, HIFs have been shown to activate specific signaling pathways such as Notch and the expression of transcription factors such as Oct4 that control stem cell self renewal and multipotency. As many cancers are thought to develop from a small number of transformed, self-renewing, and multipotent "cancer stem cells," these results suggest new roles for HIFs in tumor progression.
Authors:
Brian Keith; M Celeste Simon
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cell     Volume:  129     ISSN:  0092-8674     ISO Abbreviation:  Cell     Publication Date:  2007 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-05-07     Completed Date:  2007-06-20     Revised Date:  2011-08-25    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0413066     Medline TA:  Cell     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  465-72     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, 453 BRB II/III, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. bkeith@mail.med.upenn.edu <bkeith@mail.med.upenn.edu>
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anoxia / metabolism
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / metabolism*
Cell Hypoxia
Disease Progression
Humans
Neoplasms / metabolism*,  pathology
Neoplastic Stem Cells / metabolism*
Signal Transduction
Stem Cells / metabolism*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL66130/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; //Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
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