Transcription factor JunTranscription factor Jun is a protein that in humans is encoded by the JUN gene. c-Jun, in combination with protein c-Fos, forms the AP-1 early response transcription factor. It was first identified as the Fos-binding protein p39 and only later rediscovered as the product of the JUN gene. c-jun was the first oncogenic transcription factor discovered. The proto-oncogene c-Jun is the cellular homolog of the viral oncoprotein v-jun (). The viral homolog v-jun was discovered in avian sarcoma virus 17 and was named for ju-nana, the Japanese word for 17.
Genome instabilityGenome instability (also genetic instability or genomic instability) refers to a high frequency of mutations within the genome of a cellular lineage. These mutations can include changes in nucleic acid sequences, chromosomal rearrangements or aneuploidy. Genome instability does occur in bacteria. In multicellular organisms genome instability is central to carcinogenesis, and in humans it is also a factor in some neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or the neuromuscular disease myotonic dystrophy.
P21p21Cip1 (ou p21Waf1), également connue sous le nom de cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 ou CDK-interacting protein 1est une protéine inhibitrice des CDK. Elle est connue pour inhiber les complexes CDK2 et CDK4 et permettre ainsi l'arrêt du cycle cellulaire. La protéine p53 est notamment connue pour être un régulateur de p21. p21 permet également l'importation du complexe CDK4/6-CyclineD1 dans le noyau grâce à sa séquence NLS. La protéine p21 est codée par le gène CDKN1A, localisé sur le chromosome 6 humain.
Souris knock-outLes souris knock-out sont des souris domestiques (Mus musculus) qui ont été génétiquement modifiées pour inactiver un ou plusieurs gènes dans les cellules souches embryonnaires dont elles sont issues. Ces cellules souches étant pluripotentes, elles sont donc toutes initialement identiques mais une fois réimplantées dans un blastocyste, peuvent former l'ensemble des types cellulaires d'une souris qui porteront alors la mutation introduite. Il faut distinguer le knock-out d'une simple recherche de mutants.
Cyclin-dependent kinase 6Cell division protein kinase 6 (CDK6) is an enzyme encoded by the CDK6 gene. It is regulated by cyclins, more specifically by Cyclin D proteins and Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor proteins. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the cyclin-dependent kinase, (CDK) family, which includes CDK4. CDK family members are highly similar to the gene products of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cdc28, and Schizosaccharomyces pombe cdc2, and are known to be important regulators of cell cycle progression in the point of regulation named R or restriction point.
CHEK2CHEK2 (Checkpoint kinase 2) is a tumor suppressor gene that encodes the protein CHK2, a serine-threonine kinase. CHK2 is involved in DNA repair, cell cycle arrest or apoptosis in response to DNA damage. Mutations to the CHEK2 gene have been linked to a wide range of cancers. The CHEK2 gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 22 at position 12.1. Its location on chromosome 22 stretches from base pair 28,687,742 to base pair 28,741,904. The CHEK2 protein encoded by the CHEK2 gene is a serine threonine kinase.
Néoplasie cervicale intra-épithélialeLa néoplasie cervicale intra-épithéliale (NCI), également connue sous le nom de dysplasie cervicale, est la croissance anormale de cellules à la surface du col de l'utérus qui pourrait potentiellement conduire au cancer du col de l'utérus. Plus spécifiquement, NCI fait référence à la transformation potentiellement précancéreuse des cellules du col de l'utérus. La néoplasie cervicale intra-épithéliale se produit le plus souvent à la jonction pavimento-cylindrique du col de l'utérus, une zone de transition entre l'épithélium pavimenteux du vagin et l'épithélium cylindrique de l'endocol.
Ostéosarcomevignette|Ostéosarcome d'un animal à un stade avancé. Un ostéosarcome (sarcome ostéogène) est la plus courante des tumeurs malignes osseuses primaires, si l'on exclut les myélomes et les lymphomes. Il a une prédilection pour la région des métaphyses des os longs tubulaires. 50 % des cas se produisent autour du genou. Il s'agit d'une tumeur maligne d'origine osseuse (ostéoblastes) dont les cellules néoplasiques forment du tissu osseux tumoral (parfois mélangé à du tissu chondrale tumorale).
P14arfp14ARF (also called ARF tumor suppressor, ARF, p14ARF) is an alternate reading frame protein product of the CDKN2A locus (i.e. INK4a/ARF locus). p14ARF is induced in response to elevated mitogenic stimulation, such as aberrant growth signaling from MYC and Ras (protein). It accumulates mainly in the nucleolus where it forms stable complexes with NPM or Mdm2. These interactions allow p14ARF to act as a tumor suppressor by inhibiting ribosome biogenesis or initiating p53-dependent cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, respectively.
Cyclin-dependent kinase 2Cyclin-dependent kinase 2, also known as cell division protein kinase 2, or Cdk2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CDK2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the cyclin-dependent kinase family of Ser/Thr protein kinases. This protein kinase is highly similar to the gene products of S. cerevisiae cdc28, and S. pombe cdc2, also known as Cdk1 in humans. It is a catalytic subunit of the cyclin-dependent kinase complex, whose activity is restricted to the G1-S phase of the cell cycle, where cells make proteins necessary for mitosis and replicate their DNA.
