Keywords
Digestive tract
Gastrointestinal cancers
Submitted : 2021-08-29
Accepted : 2021-09-13
Published : 2021-09-28
Abstract
Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBE2C is one of the important members of ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP). Amplification and/or overexpression of UBE2C have been reported in many malignancies, and a high expression of UBE2C is associated with poor clinical outcomes. In this review, the pathological role of dysregulated UBE2C in gastrointestinal cancers and its potential role as a diagnostic and/or a prognostic marker as well as a therapeutic target in these cancers are discussed.
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