- Hypoxia-Induced Downregulation of DUSP-2 Phosphatase Drives Colon Cancer Stemness.
Hypoxia-Induced Downregulation of DUSP-2 Phosphatase Drives Colon Cancer Stemness.
Cancer research (2017-06-28)
Pei-Chi Hou, Yo-Hua Li, Shih-Chieh Lin, Shau-Chieh Lin, Jenq-Chang Lee, Bo-Wen Lin, Jing-Ping Liou, Jang-Yang Chang, Ching-Chuan Kuo, Yi-Min Liu, H Sunny Sun, Shaw-Jenq Tsai
PMID28652251
ABSTRACT
Cancer stem-like cells (CSC) evolve to overcome the pressures of reduced oxygen, nutrients or chemically induced cell death, but the mechanisms driving this evolution are incompletely understood. Here, we report that hypoxia-mediated downregulation of the dual specificity phosphatase 2 (DUSP2) is critical for the accumulation of CSC in colorectal cancer. Reduced expression of DUSP2 led to overproduction of COX-2-derived prostaglandin E
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