Heat Shock Protein - Clinical Significance

Clinical Significance

Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1) is a transcription factor that is involved in the upregulation of Hsp70 protein expression. Recently it was discovered that HSF1 is a powerful multifaceted modifier of carcinogenesis. HSF1 knockout mice show significantly decreased incidence of skin tumor after topical application of DMBA (7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene), a mutagen.

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