title: Hypoxia-inducible factor in cancer angiogenesis: structure, regulation and clinical perspectives.
abstract: Tumor hypoxia is a common feature of many cancers. A master regulator of hypoxic response is the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). It functions as a master regulator of oxygen and undergoes conformational changes in response to varying oxygen concentrations. In this paper, we review what has been described about HIF-1: its structure, its regulation and target genes, its role in cancer, and its implication for cancer therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Zaher K
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Otrock
authors.forename: Hassan A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Hatoum
authors.forename: Ahmad H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Awada
authors.forename: Rim S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ishak
authors.forename: Ali I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Shamseddine
mesh_terms: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000068258:Bevacizumab; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007211:Indoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009150:Mustard Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D010666:Phenylpropionates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077210:Sunitinib
chemical_list: C492908:2-amino-3-(4'-N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)amino)phenylpropionic acid N-oxide; D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1; D007211:Indoles; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009150:Mustard Compounds; D010666:Phenylpropionates; D011758:Pyrroles; D000068258:Bevacizumab; D000077210:Sunitinib