Investigation of Precise Molecular Mechanistic Action of Tobacco-Associated Carcinogen `NNK´ Induced Carcinogenesis: A System Biology Approach.

ABSTRACT: Cancer is the second deadliest disease listed by the WHO. One of the major causes of cancer disease is tobacco and consumption possibly due to its main component, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK). A plethora of studies have been conducted in the past aiming to decipher the association of NNK with other diseases. However, it is strongly linked with cancer development. Despite these studies, a clear molecular mechanism and the impact of NNK on various system-level networks is not known. In the present study, system biology tools were employed to understand the key regulatory mechanisms and the perturbations that will happen in the cellular processes due to NNK. To investigate the system level influence of the carcinogen, NNK rewired protein-protein interaction network (PP

SUBMITTER: Anukriti 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6723528 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature