Research on aberrant expression of HOX in gastrointestinal neoplasms and its mechanism / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Homebox genes are known to determine cell proliferation and differentiation and subsequently regulate the occurrence,development and prognosis of many tyhpes of malignant tumors in human.Some recent studies have shown that homebox genes are abnormally expressed in the esophageal,gastric,coloreetal and other gastrointestinal tumors.In this review,we consider that homebox genes may regulate the occurrence,development of gastrointestinal tumors by interacting with transcription factors in vivo and abnormal epigenetic modifications.Therefore,homebox genes are closely related to gastrointestinal tumors.