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The Influence of Liver Resection on Intrahepatic Tumor Growth
Published on: April 9, 2016
Inflammatory tales of liver cancer
Alexander Hoffmann1, Yifeng Xia, Inder M Verma
1Signaling Systems Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Abstract:
Cell culture studies have established NF-kappaB's critical role in cancer cell survival and proliferation and led to the clinical use of NF-kappaB inhibitors. However, a paper in this issue of Cancer Cell reveals an anticancer function for NF-kappaB in a mouse model where NF-kappaB activity is lost specifically in hepatocytes. These studies suggest careful examination of NF-kappaB inhibitors as a therapeutic modality for cancer.
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