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Brain Cancer

New pathway found for regulation of blood vessel growth in cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 20th, 2012

2012 MAR 20 -- Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have identified a new function for a gene that normally prevents the development of cancer.

Scientists had known that the gene, which encodes a protein called p14 ARF, works inside the cell to control proliferation and division. A team led by Erwin Van Meir, PhD, discovered that p14 ARF also regulates tumor-induced angiogenesis, the process by which growing cancers attract new blood vessels.

The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, provide insight into how cancers form and progress, communicate with surrounding vascular cells and could...

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