Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes Flashcards
Bcl-2
follicular and undifferentiated lymphomas
anti-apoptotic
BRAF
Melanoma
Serine/threonine kinase
c-kit
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Cytokine receptor for stem cell factor
C-myc
Burkitt lymphoma
Transcription factor
HER2/neu (c-erbB2)
Breast, ovarian, and gastric carcinomas
Tyrosine kinase in control of epithelial growth and differentiation
L-myc
Lung tumor
Transcription factor
N-myc
Neuroblastoma
Transcription factor
ras
Colon cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer
GTPase
ret
MEN 2a and 2B
Tyrosine kinase
APC
colorectal cancer (associated with FAP)
BRCA1 BRCA2
breast and ovarian cancer
DNA repair protein
CPD4/SMAD4
Pancreatic cancer
DCC
colon cancer
NF1
Neurofibromatosis type 1
RAS GTPase activating protein (neurofibromin)
NF2
Neurofibromatosis type 2
Merlin schwannomin protein