CHD1L: a novel oncogene.

ABSTRACT: Comprehensive sequencing efforts have revealed the genomic landscapes of common forms of human cancer and  - 140 driver genes have been identified, but not all of them have been extensively investigated. CHD1L (chromodomain helicase/ATPase DNA binding protein 1-like gene) or ALC1 (amplified in liver cancer 1) is a newly identified oncogene located at Chr1q21 and it is amplified in many solid tumors. Functional studies of CHD1L in hepatocellular carcinoma and other tumors strongly suggested that its oncogenic role in tumorigenesis is through unleashed cell proliferation, G1/S transition and inhibition of apoptosis. The underlying mechanisms of CHD1L activation may disrupt the cell death program via binding the apoptotic protein Nur77 or through activation of the AKT pathway by up-regulation

SUBMITTER: Cheng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3931672 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature