Candidate genes and pathways downstream of PAX8 involved in ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the biology and molecular pathogenesis of ovarian epithelial cancer (EOC) is key to developing improved diagnostic and prognostic indicators and effective therapies. Although research has traditionally focused on the hypothesis that high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) arises from the ovarian surface epithelium (OSE), recent studies suggest that additional sites of origin exist and a substantial proportion of cases may arise from precursor lesions located in the Fallopian tubal epithelium (FTE). In FTE cells, the transcription factor PAX8 is a marker of the secretory cell lineage and its expression is retained in 96% of EOC. We have recently reported that PAX8 is involved in the tumorigenic phenotype of ovarian cancer cells. In this study, to uncover genes and pathways downstre

SUBMITTER: de Cristofaro T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5173106 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature