Tumor Suppressors Flashcards
APC
Colorectal cancer (associated w/Familial adenomatous polyposis)
BRCA 1/2
DNA repair
Breast and ovarian cancers
DCC
Colon Cancer
Deleted in Colon Cancer
DPC4/SMAD4
Pancreatic cancer
Deleted in Pancreatic Cancer
MEN1
Menin
MEN1
NF1
Ras GTPase activating protein
Neurofibromatosis 1
NF2
Merlin (schwannomin) protein
Neurofibromatosis 2
p16
CDK inhibitor
Melanoma
p53
TF that blocks G1 to S phase transition
Li-Fraumeni, most human cancers
PTEN
Breast, prostate, endometrial cancers
Rb
Inhibits E2F; blocks G1 to S phase transition
Retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma
TSC1
Hamartin protein
Tuberous sclerosis
TSC2
Tuberin protein
Tuberous sclerosis
VHL
Inhibits hypoxia inducible factor 1a
von Hippel-Lindau disease, renal cell carcinoma
WT1/2
Wilms tumor