Search for dissertations about: "oncogene"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 163 swedish dissertations containing the word oncogene.
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1. Studies on signaling pathways induced by FLT3, an important oncogene in AML
Abstract : FLT3, a receptor tyrosine kinase, is expressed in hematopoietic progenitor cells. FLT3-ITD (internal tandem duplication) and D835 mutations are found in approximately 30% and 7% of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) patients respectively, and correlate with a poor prognosis, thus making the mutated receptor a potential therapeutic target. READ MORE
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2. DNA Tetraplexes and Nucleosome Positioning Sequences
Abstract : All eukaryotic organisms package their genomes into a nucleoprotein complex known as chromatin, whose major constituents are the DNA and proteins known as histones. The non-covalent association of histones with DNA results in considerable compaction and allows the organisation of the genome into the cell nucleus. READ MORE
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3. Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase mutations and downstream signalling
Abstract : The oncogene Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) is a Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (RTK) and was initially discovered as the fusion protein NPM (nucleophosmin)-ALK in a subset of Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas (ALCL). Since then more fusion proteins have been identified in a variety of cancers. READ MORE
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4. From 1p3 to PI3K - Studies of neuroblastoma
Abstract : Neuroblastoma (NB) is a tumor of the sympathetic nervous system and is the most common extra-cranial tumor of childhood, accounting for 7% of all pediatric malignancies. Despite recent advances in therapeutics, outcome is still fatal for patients with aggressive NB and side-effects of treatment are severe. READ MORE
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5. Chromatin and transcriptome-based integrative approaches to profile functional long noncoding RNAs - A computational approach
Abstract : One of the major hallmarks of cancer is aberrant or uncontrollable cell division, which occurs due to a defective cell cycle process. During the synthesis phase (S-phase) of the cell cycle, before cell division or mitosis phase, the DNA in the cell makes a new copy to pass on genetic information to the daughter cells. READ MORE