Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer Diseases

Apoptosis is a genetically programmed process that affects all multicellular organisms. This mechanism of programmed cell death is designed to protect the body against uncontrolled proliferation of cells with impaired functions. Apoptosis can occur through two major pathways. The extrinsic, initiate...

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Main Authors: Paweł Rusin, Karolina Jabłońska
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Language:English
Published: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie 2020-12-01
Series:Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/7526
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description Apoptosis is a genetically programmed process that affects all multicellular organisms. This mechanism of programmed cell death is designed to protect the body against uncontrolled proliferation of cells with impaired functions. Apoptosis can occur through two major pathways. The extrinsic, initiated by signals from the death receptor, and the intrinsic one, resulting from a change in the permeability of the external mitochondrial membrane due to stress factors promoting the initiation of programmed cell death. Apoptosis may be influenced by many factors that may lead to suppressing the initiation of apoptotic pathways, and the damaged cell will develop, divide, and over time transform into a cancerous cell. As a result, cancer cells will be resistant to the applied chemo- and radiotherapy. The mechanisms responsible for apoptosis regulation are impaired, what eliminates the effects of therapies aimed at initiating this type of cell death. New types of molecular therapies provide an opportunity to increase the effectiveness of anticancer treatment, aiming at deficient proteins and suppressing or eliminating their antiapoptotic effects.
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spelling doaj-art-1757fa66bae143748526ab46e7f73a622025-02-02T23:46:35ZengUniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w WarszawieStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae1733-12182020-12-0118410.21697/seb.2020.18.4.06Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer DiseasesPaweł Rusin0Karolina Jabłońska1Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw,Student Club of Molecular Biology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw,Apoptosis is a genetically programmed process that affects all multicellular organisms. This mechanism of programmed cell death is designed to protect the body against uncontrolled proliferation of cells with impaired functions. Apoptosis can occur through two major pathways. The extrinsic, initiated by signals from the death receptor, and the intrinsic one, resulting from a change in the permeability of the external mitochondrial membrane due to stress factors promoting the initiation of programmed cell death. Apoptosis may be influenced by many factors that may lead to suppressing the initiation of apoptotic pathways, and the damaged cell will develop, divide, and over time transform into a cancerous cell. As a result, cancer cells will be resistant to the applied chemo- and radiotherapy. The mechanisms responsible for apoptosis regulation are impaired, what eliminates the effects of therapies aimed at initiating this type of cell death. New types of molecular therapies provide an opportunity to increase the effectiveness of anticancer treatment, aiming at deficient proteins and suppressing or eliminating their antiapoptotic effects.https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/7526apoptosiscancerdisorders of the apoptotic mechanismstargeted treatment
spellingShingle Paweł Rusin
Karolina Jabłońska
Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer Diseases
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
apoptosis
cancer
disorders of the apoptotic mechanisms
targeted treatment
title Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer Diseases
title_full Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer Diseases
title_fullStr Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer Diseases
title_full_unstemmed Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer Diseases
title_short Disturbances in the Mechanism of Apoptosis as One of the Causes of the Development of Cancer Diseases
title_sort disturbances in the mechanism of apoptosis as one of the causes of the development of cancer diseases
topic apoptosis
cancer
disorders of the apoptotic mechanisms
targeted treatment
url https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/7526
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