Renal cell carcinoma is one of the most common malignant neoplasms genitourinary system. Along with smoking and hereditary syndromes associated mutations in Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene, obesity main risk factors for development renal carcinoma. Emerging data indicate a causal relationship between In large study within framework Metabolic Syndrome Cancer project, clinical on blood pressure, bod...

Endolymphatic sac tumor (ELST) is a papillary epithelial neoplasm arising within the endolymphatic sac/duct that shows a high association with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL). There is usually a VHL tumor suppressor gene germline mutation with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. Approximately 1 in 35,000 to 40,000 people have VHL, of which approximately 10 to 15% have endolymphatic sac t...

Von Hippel & Trivers (VH&T) propose that self-deception has evolved to facilitate the deception of others. However, they ignore the subjective moral costs of deception and the crucial issue of credibility in self-deceptive speech. A self-signaling interpretation can account for the ritualistic quality of some self-deceptive affirmations and for the often-noted gap between what self-deceivers sa...

In clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), oncogenic autophagy dependent on microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 α and β (LC3A and LC3B) is stimulated by activity of the transient receptor potential melastatin 3 (TRPM3) channel through multiple complementary mechanisms. The Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor represses this oncogenic autophagy in a coordinated manner through the...