Open Life Sciences (Jul 2019)

Depletion of VAX2 restrains the malignant progression of papillary thyroid carcinoma by modulating ERK signaling pathway

  • Guo Bei,
  • Zhang Yi,
  • Yuan Kun,
  • Jiang Feng-Xia,
  • Cui Qian-Bo,
  • Zhou Qin,
  • Dong Hong-Xia,
  • Chen Wei,
  • Yang Shun-Shi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2019-0027
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 237 – 245

Abstract

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Ventral anterior homeobox 2 (VAX2) gene is a key regulating factor for the development of the ventral region of the eye, and has recently attracted much attention from the cancer treatment field. Our study aimed to explore the effect of VAX2 on papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

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