BMI-1 is important in the regulation of cancer and CSCs, functioning through the activation of multiple signaling pathways

BMI-1 is important in the regulation of cancer and CSCs, functioning through the activation of multiple signaling pathways. BMI-1 expression is upregulated by MYC, SALL4, Nrf2 and is downregulated by Mel-18. BMI-1 regulates cancer cell invasion/metastasis and chemosensitivity by regulating VEGF, PTEN and PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. BMI-1 regulates CSC differentiation through repression of Hox genes, regulates self-renewal and malignant transformation through repression of Ink4a/Arf genes. CSC, cancer stem cell; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor. Nrf2, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2.
BMI-1 is important in the regulation of cancer and CSCs, functioning through the activation of multiple signaling pathways

Publication

BMI-1, a promising therapeutic target for human cancer. (2015) MIN-CONG WANG, et al. Oncol Lett. 2015 Aug;10(2):583-588. Figure: F1.

Gene mentions


Organism Group Word Match Source NCBI Symbol NCBI ID
Danio rerio Vertebrates SALL4 SALL4 ncbigene_symbol sall4 572527
Danio rerio Vertebrates MYC MYC ncbigene_synonym myca 30686
Danio rerio Vertebrates MYC MYC ncbigene_synonym mycbp2 368439
Danio rerio Vertebrates Nrf2 NRF2 ncbigene_synonym nfe2l2a 360149
Danio rerio Vertebrates Mel-18 ME1 ncbigene_symbol me1 768196
Danio rerio Vertebrates Mel-18 ME3 ncbigene_symbol me3 492719
Danio rerio Vertebrates Mel-18 ME2 ncbigene_symbol me2 445233
Danio rerio Vertebrates BMI-1 BMI1 ncbigene_synonym bmi1a 321505
Danio rerio Vertebrates VEGF VEGF ncbigene_synonym vegfaa 30682
Homo sapiens Primates SALL4 SALL4 ncbigene_symbol SALL4 57167
Homo sapiens Primates MYC MYC ncbigene_symbol MYC 4609
Homo sapiens Primates Nrf2 NRF2 ncbigene_synonym GABPA 2551
Homo sapiens Primates Nrf2 NRF2 ncbigene_synonym NFE2L2 4780
Homo sapiens Primates Mel-18 MEL-18 ncbigene_synonym PCGF2 7703
Homo sapiens Primates BMI-1 BMI1 ncbigene_symbol BMI1 648
Homo sapiens Primates BMI-1 BMI1 ncbigene_synonym COMMD3-BMI1 100532731
Homo sapiens Primates Arf ARF ncbigene_synonym CDKN2A 1029
Homo sapiens Primates AKT AKT ncbigene_synonym AKT1 207
Homo sapiens Primates AKT AKT famplex_relations AKT2 208
Homo sapiens Primates AKT AKT famplex_relations AKT3 10000
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K ncbigene_synonym PIK3CA 5290
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K ncbigene_synonym PIK3CB 5291
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K ncbigene_synonym PIK3CD 5293
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K ncbigene_synonym PIK3CG 5294
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K famplex_relations PIK3R3 8503
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K famplex_relations PIK3R4 30849
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K famplex_relations PIK3R5 23533
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K famplex_relations PIK3R6 146850
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K famplex_relations PIK3R1 5295
Homo sapiens Primates PI3K PI3K famplex_relations PIK3R2 5296
Homo sapiens Primates VEGF VEGF ncbigene_synonym VEGFA 7422
Homo sapiens Primates VEGF VEGF famplex_relations VEGFB 7423
Homo sapiens Primates VEGF VEGF famplex_relations VEGFC 7424
Homo sapiens Primates VEGF VEGF famplex_relations VEGFD 2277
Homo sapiens Primates VEGF VEGF famplex_relations PGF 5228

Chemical mentions

Word Match MeSH Name ChEBI

Disease mentions

Word Match MeSH Name DOID
Cancer NA