Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:248
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Original article: General thoracic
Invited commentary
Robert J. Korst, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th St, New York, NY 10021
(Email: rjk2002@med.cornell.edu).
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NF-
B represents a small family of protein dimers, which when activated will act as DNA transcriptional regulators. Although originally believed to exert its regulatory effects on genes involved in immunologic and inflammatory processes, it is now understood that NF-
B induces the transcription of other genes, potentially involved in oncogenesis. The end result is that NF-
B activation . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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