ea0026p236 | Pituitary | ECE2011
Formosa R
, Grupetta M
, Falzon S
, Santillo G
, DeGaetano J
, Xuereb-Anastasi A
, Vassallo J
Wnt developmental pathways, have been implicated in a number of cancers. Wnt signaling proteins activate the B-catenin transcription factor which induces transcription of the oncogenes Cyclin D1 and Myc (Luo et al. 2007). Elston et al. (2008) found that Wnt inhibitors were down-regulated in pituitary tumours. Overexpression of Survivin, an inhibitor of apoptosis,correlates with poor prognosis and drug resistance (Altieri 2003, Ghosh et al. 20...