作者: Carlo Bastianutto , Kenneth Yip , Angela Hui , Emma Ito , Fei-Fei Liu
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5947-7_12
关键词: Cellular homeostasis 、 Medicine 、 Nasopharyngeal carcinoma 、 Cancer research 、 Mechanism (biology) 、 Apoptosis 、 Programmed cell death 、 Promoter hypermethylation
摘要: Apoptosis is a mechanism of cell death that pivotal for the maintenance cellular homeostasis within human body. Not surprisingly, mutations rendering cells resistant to apoptosis are acquired in virtually all cancers. A full understanding such important development clinically successful therapeutic strategies.