Regulation of Myc and micoRNA in small cell lung cancer

LUNGevity Foundation/Uniting Against Lung Cancer Research Grant
Mats Ljungman, PhD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor

Small cell lung cancer cells produce high amounts of myc protein.  The myc protein makes cancer cells resistant to chemotherapy. Dr. Ljungman is investigating why small cell lung cancer makes high amounts of the myc protein and how this can be reversed.