carcinogenesis
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- noun
- /ˌkɑːrsɪnoʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
- Specialized
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carcinogénesis
- In addition, we demonstrated that reactive oxygen species are an upstream event of the miR-199a-5p/HIF-1/COX-2 pathway in arsenic-induced carcinogenesis.
- arsenic-induced carcinogenesis
- gastric carcinogenesis
- toxicity and carcinogenesis
Examples
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Research shows that exposure to certain chemicals can trigger carcinogenesis in healthy cells.
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Weitzman SA, Gordon LI. 1990. Inflammation and cancer: role of phagocyte-generated oxidants in carcinogenesis. Blood 76:655-663.
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These findings inform esophageal carcinogenesis and provide testable candidates for future functional studies.
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Molecular genetics has provided evidence that loss or inactivation of tumor suppressor genes is an important step in carcinogenesis.
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Substances of concern in the American Trader oil spill were crude oil for non-carcinogenic health effects and PAH for carcinogenesis.
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High concentrations of pregnancy oestrogens may have an important role in breast carcinogenesis, but other pregnancy hormones or intrauterine factors may also be involved.
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Additional evidence of a viral link to carcinogenesis was provided by the discovery that serum antibodies to HSV are elevated in patients with head and neck cancer.
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Based on these observations, HBV was identified as the major causal factor in hepatocellular carcinogenesis (n8).
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We considered the effects from the germline and somatic levels to suggest several potential determinants of the somatic mutational processes and provide insights into esophageal carcinogenesis and inform the future diagnosis and therapy.
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Aberrant cell surface glycosylation is not exclusive to the initial gastric carcinogenesis stages, being also observed in pre-malignant conditions and constituting a marked feature of gastric carcinoma cells 14.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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Cells grow in an abnormal way and form a lump in the body
A process in which normal cells change into cancer cells
Normal tissue changes into cancer cells
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Carcinogenesis comes from Greek parts carcino- meaning 'crab' and -genesis meaning 'birth' or 'origin', because ancient doctors called tumors 'crabs'. So carcinogenesis is the 'birth' or start of cancer, the process when normal cells become cancer cells.