Affiliation:
1. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Abstract
AbstractChronic inflammation is a highly prevalent consequence of changes in environmental and lifestyle factors that contribute to the development of cancer. The basis for this critical association has largely remained unclear. The MUC1 gene evolved in mammals to protect epithelia from the external environment. The MUC1-C subunit promotes responses found in wound healing and cancer. MUC1-C induces EMT, epigenetic reprogramming, dedifferentiation and pluripotency factor expression, which when prolonged in chronic inflammation promote cancer progression. As discussed in this review, MUC1-C also drives drug resistance and immune evasion, and is an important target for cancer therapeutics now under development.
Funder
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Cancer Research,General Medicine
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