Background: Von Hippel–Lindau(VHL) syndrome is a dominantly inherited multisystem cancer syndrome caused by a heterozygous mutation in the VHL tumor suppressor gene. Previous studies suggested that similar population...
supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30770920 and 81071651);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(No.R2100213,2009C33142,Z2090056 and WKJ2009-2-028);973 Project(No.2010CB834300)
Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies and a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide.The pathogenesis mechanisms of gastric cancer are still not fully clear.Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes an...
Persistent infection wit h high-risk types of human papillomavirus(HPV) is known to cause cervical cancer;however,additional genetic and epigenetic alterations are required for progression from precancerous disease to...
supported by NSFC Joint Research Fund for Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars(No.30928012);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81071634,81172582,and 30801344);Shenzhen Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.JC201005270328A)
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) is a prevalent and fatal cancer in China and other Asian countries.Epigenetic silencing of key tumor suppressor genes(TSGs) is critical to ESCC initiation and progression.Recen...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.#81072148,#81071634and#30928012);Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(No.2010BB5101);Shenzhen Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.JC201005270328A)
Breast cancer is a complex disease driven by multiple factors including both genetic and epigenetic alterations.Recent studies revealed that abnormal gene expression induced by epigenetic changes,including aberrant pr...
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is among the most common malignancies in southern China.Deletion of genomic DNA,which occurs during the complex pathogenesis process for NPC,represents a pivotal mechanism in the inactiv...
supported by the Diabetes and Obesity Center funded by NCRR/NIH(P20RR024489);the Center for Environmental Genomics and Integrated Biology fundedby NIEHS/NIH(P30ES014443);the Scientist Development Grant from American Heart Association(0830288N);a R01 grant from National Institutes of Health(CA138688)
MicroRNA-21(miR-21) is frequently up-regulated in cancer and the majority of its reported targets are tumor suppressors.Through functional suppression,miR-21 is implicated in practically every walk of oncogenic life:t...
supported by Foundation from Knowl edge Innovation Program in CAS (No. KSCX1-YW-R-10);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 30973448)
Gene therapy is one of the most attractive fields in tumor therapy. In past decades, significant progress has been achieved. Various approaches, such as viral and non-viral vectors and physical methods, have been deve...