Human Gene Set: OZANNE_AP1_TARGETS_UP


Standard name OZANNE_AP1_TARGETS_UP
Systematic name M15822
Brief description Cancer motility and invasion genes up-regulated by the AP-1 transcription factor.
Full description or abstract Metastasis, the aggressive spread of a malignant tumor to distant organs, is a major cause of death in cancer patients. Despite this critical role in cancer outcomes, the molecular mechanisms that control this process are just beginning to be understood. Metastasis is largely dependent upon the ability of tumor cells to invade the barrier formed by the basement membrane and to migrate through neighboring tissues. This review will summarize the evidence that tumor cell invasion is the result of oncogene-mediated signal transduction pathways that control the expression of a specific set of genes that together mediate tumor cell invasion. We focus on the role of the transcription factor AP-1 to both induce the expression of genes that function as invasion effectors and repress other genes that function as invasion suppressors. This identifies AP-1 as a critical regulator of a complex program of gene expression that defines the invasive phenotype.
Collection C2: Curated
      CGP: Chemical and Genetic Perturbations
Source publication Pubmed 16799638   Authors: Ozanne BW,Spence HJ,McGarry LC,Hennigan RF
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