The role of TCPTP in liver cancer

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1047060

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

There are ~1.6 billion overweight adults worldwide & this is predicted to rise to 2.3 billion by 2015. In Australia > 2/3 of adults are overweight or obese. Obesity is a key factor in the progression of many human malignancies. Obesity poses the greatest risk for the development hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a deadly cancer refractory to nearly all available anti-cancer therapies. This application will delineate the molecular mechanisms by which obesity promotes HCC development.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $781,301.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cancer Cell Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma | obesity | protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) | reactive oxygen species (ROS) | signalling | tumour suppressor

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