Recent insights into the role of NF-kappaB in ovarian carcinogenesis
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Correspondence: Ayesha B Alvero ayesha.alvero@yale.edu
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Genome Medicine 2010, 2:56 doi:10.1186/gm177
Published: 25 August 2010Abstract
The NF-κBs are a family of ubiquitously expressed transcription factors that have been described to be responsible for the establishment of an inflammatory response. Studies in the past decade have also demonstrated this family's role in the initiation and progression of hematological and solid tumors. Recently, research has uncovered a specific role for NF-κBs in the development and maintenance of ovarian cancer.