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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Jan–Feb;1799(1-2):131. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2009.11.014

Figure 2. Role of HMGB1 in Cancer.

Figure 2

In cancer, overexpression of HMGB1 is associated with each of the hallmarks of cancer including unlimited replicative potential, ability to develop blood vessels (angiogenesis), evasion of programmed cell death (apoptosis), self-sufficiency in growth signals, insensitivity to inhibitors of growth, inflammation, tissue invasion and metastasis.