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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2014

E2F transcription factors and digestive system malignancies: how much do we know?

Konstantinos Evangelou, Sophia Havaki, Athanassios Kotsinas

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Konstantinos EvangelouKonstantinos Evangelou, Sophia Havaki, Athanassios Kotsinas, Laboratory Histology-Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Goudi, Athens, Greece.
Sophia HavakiKonstantinos Evangelou, Sophia Havaki, Athanassios Kotsinas, Laboratory Histology-Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Goudi, Athens, Greece.
Athanassios KotsinasKonstantinos Evangelou, Sophia Havaki, Athanassios Kotsinas, Laboratory Histology-Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Goudi, Athens, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The E2F proteins comprise a family of 8 members that function as transcription factors. They are key targets of the retinoblastoma protein (RB) and were initially divided into groups of activators and repressors. Accumulating data suggest that there is no specific role for each individual E2F member. Instead, each E2F can exert a variety of cellular effects, some of which represent opposing ones. For instance, specific E2Fs can activate transcription and repression, promote or hamper cell proliferation, augment or inhibit apoptosis, all being dependent on the cellular context. This complexity reflects the importance that these transcription factors have on a cell's fate. Thus, delineating the specific role for each E2F member in specific malignancies, although not easy, is a challenging and continuously pursued task, especially in view of potential E2F targeted therapies. Therefore, several reviews are continuously trying to evaluate available data on E2F status in various malignancies. Such reviews have attempted to reach a consensus, often in the simplistic form of oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes for the E2Fs. However they frequently miss spatial and temporal alterations of these factors during tumor development, which should also be considered in conjunction with the status of the regulatory networks that these factors participate in. In the current ''Letter to the Editor'', we comment on the flaws, misinterpretations and omissions in one such review article published recently in the World Journal of Gastroenterology regarding the role of E2Fs in digestive system malignancies.

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AnimalsCarcinogenesisDigestive System NeoplasmsE2F Transcription FactorsHumansE2F Transcription FactorsApoptosisCancerDigestive systemE2FGastrointestinal tractHepatocellular carcinomap53p73Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaProliferation

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PMID25110451
PMCPMC4123353

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