R Roy, J Yang, MA Moses - Journal of clinical oncology, 2009 - ascopubs.org
The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family of enzymes is comprised of critically important extracellular matrix remodeling proteases whose activity has been implicated in a number of …
Lung malignancy is the foremost cause of cancer-related deaths globally and is frequently related to long-term tobacco smoking. Recent studies reveal that the expression of matrix …
MT Landi, N Chatterjee, K Yu, LR Goldin… - The american journal of …, 2009 - cell.com
Three genetic loci for lung cancer risk have been identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but inherited susceptibility to specific histologic types of lung cancer is not …
To clarify the role of previous lung diseases (chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pneumonia, and tuberculosis) in the development of lung cancer, the authors conducted a pooled …
MN Timofeeva, RJ Hung, T Rafnar… - Human molecular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified common genetic variants at 5p15. 33, 6p21–6p22 and 15q25. 1 associated with lung cancer risk. Several other …
F Perlikos, KJ Harrington, KN Syrigos - Critical reviews in oncology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Lung cancer remains one of the most common and malignant cancers worldwide. It is most often diagnosed at late stages, when it has already presented local invasion and distal …
The fatality of cancer is mainly bestowed to the property of otherwise benign tumor cells to become malignant and invade surrounding tissues by circumventing normal tissue barriers …
C Tirelli, C Pesenti, M Miozzo, M Mondoni, L Fontana… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare disease of the lung with a largely unknown etiology and a poor prognosis. Intriguingly, forms of familial pulmonary fibrosis (FPF) have …
Background Genome-wide association studies have identified three chromosomal regions at 15q25, 5p15, and 6p21 as being associated with the risk of lung cancer. To confirm these …