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Research project

Role of autophagy in oncogenic RAS-induced invasive behaviour

Project overview

Autophagy, a key survival mechanism allowing cells to tolerate stress or lack of nutrients, promotes tumourigenesis, in particular in RAS-mutated cancer. We demonstrated that elevated autophagy activity bypasses oncogenic RAS-induced senescence in order to support tumour growth (PNAS 2012). This project aims to comprehensively study the role of autophagy in oncogenic RAS-induced tumour invasion.

Staff

Lead researcher

Doctor Yihua Wang

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Cell Signalling in Disease
  • Epithelial-Mesenchymal Crosstalk

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