Publications by authors named "Derya Okuyan"

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. Dysregulations in the EGF signaling pathway have been associated with colon cancer. Some members of the carbonic anhydrase family serve as biomarkers in cancer.

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The human kallikrein-related peptidase (KLK) family which consists of 15 members is associated with prostate cancer and other cancers. It has been reported that overexpression of KLK4 in prostate cancer correlates with bone metastasis or advanced stage. Hypoxia occurs in the early stages of prostate cancer due to the accumulation of acidic metabolites or reactive oxygen species (ROS).

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Carbonic Anhydrase III (CAIII) belongs to a member of the alpha Carbonic Anhydrase (CA) family. Although some CA members are strongly up-regulated by HIF1-α, it is not known about the transcriptional regulation of CAIII in prostate cancer cells, PCa. Therefore, we aimed to identify regulatory regions important for the regulation of CAIII gene under hypoxic conditions in human prostate cancer cells (PC3).

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