Increased expression of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is associated with poor survival in gastric cancer patients

Abstract Background Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) was initially identified as a transcription factor encoding heat shock proteins, which assist in refolding or degrading damaged proteins. Recent studies have reported that HSF1 can act as an oncogene that regulates tumour progression. The present study...

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Main Authors: Weigang Dai, Jinning Ye, Zhimei Zhang, Liang Yang, Hui Ren, Hui Wu, Jianhui Chen, Jieyi Ma, Ertao Zhai, Shirong Cai, Yulong He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-018-0755-3