Expression Analysis of FANCD2 in Endometrial Carcinoma

Li Zhang, Juan Chang, Xiuwei Wu · 2024

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Li Zhang, Juan Chang, and Xiuwei Wu analyze a DNA repair gene, FANCD2, in endometrial cancer, a cancer of the womb lining. A main chemotherapy drug for this cancer often loses effect through resistance, so its mechanisms matter. The team combined database analysis with lab work on patient tissue and cancer cells.

The gene was more active in cancer tissue than in normal tissue, and high levels went with worse outlook. Its level also tracked with lower entry of several immune cell types into tumors. In tissue samples it was again elevated. When the gene was knocked down in cancer cells, chemical signs shifted in a way that made the cells more sensitive to the chemotherapy drug.

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CREATORLi Zhang, Juan Chang, Xiuwei Wu
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE24 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11626963

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