Potenciación de la metástasis del neuroblastoma por pérdida de caspase-8

Dwayne G Stupack1, Tal Teitz, Matthew D Potter

  • 1Department of Pathology and The John and Rebecca Moores Cancer Center, The University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0803, USA. dstupack@ucsd.edu

Nature
|January 7, 2006
PubMed
Resumen

La pérdida de caspasa-8, una enzima clave, promueve la metástasis del neuroblastoma al prevenir la muerte de las células cancerosas. La restauración de la caspasa-8 suprime la metástasis, identificándola como un gen supresor de metástasis crucial.

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