Human Gene Set: SOUCEK_MYC_TARGETS

For the Mouse gene set with the same name, see SOUCEK_MYC_TARGETS

Standard name SOUCEK_MYC_TARGETS
Systematic name M11290
Brief description Chemokine genes up-regulated within 2 hr of c-Myc [GeneID=4609] activation in a mouse model of Myc-induced pancreatic beta-cell tumorigenesis.
Full description or abstract An association between inflammation and cancer has long been recognized, but the cause and effect relationship linking the two remains unclear. Myc is a pleiotropic transcription factor that is overexpressed in many human cancers and instructs many extracellular aspects of the tumor tissue phenotype, including remodeling of tumor stroma and angiogenesis. Here we show in a beta-cell tumor model that activation of Myc in vivo triggers rapid recruitment of mast cells to the tumor site-a recruitment that is absolutely required for macroscopic tumor expansion. In addition, treatment of established beta-cell tumors with a mast cell inhibitor rapidly triggers hypoxia and cell death of tumor and endothelial cells. Inhibitors of mast cell function may therefore prove therapeutically useful in restraining expansion and survival of pancreatic and other cancers.
Collection C2: Curated
      CGP: Chemical and Genetic Perturbations
Source publication Pubmed 17906636   Authors: Soucek L,Lawlor ER,Soto D,Shchors K,Swigart LB,Evan GI
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