Molecular Network Associated with MITF in Skin Melanoma Development and Progression

  • Ichiro Yajima
    Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Mayuko Y. Kumasaka
    Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Nguyen Dinh Thang
    Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Yuji Goto
    Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Kozue Takeda
    Unit of Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Machiko Iida
    Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Nobutaka Ohgami
    Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Yoshiyuki Kawamoto
    Unit of Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Osamu Yamanoshita
    Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Keiko Furukawa
    Health Science Hills, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Haruka Tamura
    Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
  • Masashi Kato
    Unit of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japan

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Published
2011
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journal article
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  • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
DOI
  • 10.1155/2011/730170
Publisher
Hindawi Limited

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<jats:p>Various environmental and genetic factors affect the development and progression of skin cancers including melanoma. Melanoma development is initially triggered by environmental factors including ultraviolet (UV) light, and then genetic/epigenetic alterations occur in skin melanocytes. These first triggers alter the conditions of numerous genes and proteins, and they induce and/or reduce gene expression and activate and/or repress protein stability and activity, resulting in melanoma progression.<jats:italic>Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor</jats:italic>(<jats:italic>MITF</jats:italic>) is a master regulator gene of melanocyte development and differentiation and is also associated with melanoma development and progression. To find better approaches to molecular-based therapies for patients, understanding MITF function in skin melanoma development and progression is important. Here, we review the molecular networks associated with MITF in skin melanoma development and progression.</jats:p>

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