title: NF-kappaB activation in melanoma.
abstract: Metastatic melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer that is notoriously resistant to current cancer therapies. In human melanoma, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) is upregulated, leading to the deregulation of gene transcription. In this review, we discuss (i) the relationship between gene alteration in melanoma and upregulation of NF-kappaB, (ii) mechanisms by which activated NF-kappaB switch from pro-apoptotic to anti-apoptotic functions in melanoma and (iii) autocrine mechanisms that promote constitutive activation of NF-kappaB in metastatic melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richmond
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019898:Autocrine Communication; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B