The contributions of HIF-target genes to tumor growth in RCC.

Somatic mutations or loss of expression of tumor suppressor VHL happen in the vast majority of clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, and it's causal for kidney cancer development. Without VHL, constitutively active transcription factor HIF is strongly oncogenic and is essential for tumor growth. How...

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Main Authors: Ting Zhang, Xiaohua Niu, Lili Liao, Eun-Ah Cho, Haifeng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3832366?pdf=render