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The potential for chemical mixtures from the environment to enable the cancer hallmark of sustained proliferative signalling

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Title The potential for chemical mixtures from the environment to enable the cancer hallmark of sustained proliferative signalling
Names Engström, Willhelm (creator)
Darbre, Philippa (creator)
Eriksson, Staffan (creator)
Bisson, William H. (creator)
et al. (creator)
Date Issued 2015-06 (iso8601)
Note This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by the author(s) and published by Oxford University Press. The published article can be found at: http://carcin.oxfordjournals.org/
Abstract The aim of this work is to review current knowledge relating the established cancer hallmark, sustained cell proliferation
to the existence of chemicals present as low dose mixtures in the environment. Normal cell proliferation is under tight
control, i.e. cells respond to a signal to proliferate, and although most cells continue to proliferate into adult life, the
multiplication ceases once the stimulatory signal disappears or if the cells are exposed to growth inhibitory signals. Under
such circumstances, normal cells remain quiescent until they are stimulated to resume further proliferation. In contrast,
tumour cells are unable to halt proliferation, either when subjected to growth inhibitory signals or in the absence of
growth stimulatory signals. Environmental chemicals with carcinogenic potential may cause sustained cell proliferation by
interfering with some cell proliferation control mechanisms committing cells to an indefinite proliferative span.
Genre Article
Identifier Engström, W., Darbre, P., Eriksson, S., Gulliver, L., Hultman, T., Karamouzis, M. V., ... & Bisson, W. H. (2015). The potential for chemical mixtures from the environment to enable the cancer hallmark of sustained proliferative signalling. Carcinogenesis, 36(Suppl 1), S38-S60. doi:10.1093/carcin/bgv030

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