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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Croce CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5117672 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cancer research 20160930 20
Resistance to cell death represents one of the hallmarks of cancer. Various genetic and epigenetic changes in malignant cells afford cytoprotection in the face of genomic instability, oncogene activation, microenvironment stress, chemotherapy, targeted anticancer drugs, and even immunotherapy. Central among the regulators of cell life and death are Bcl-2 family proteins, with the founding member of the family (B-cell lymphoma/leukemia-2) discovered via its involvement in chromosomal translocatio ...[more]