“…Therefore, the loss-of-function of CYLD may lead to persistent activation of NF-kB to promote the survival of cancer cells (Brummelkamp et al, 2003;Kovalenko et al, 2003;Trompouki et al, 2003). Three groups have recently reported the phenotypes of CYLD knockout mice, which surprisingly are not identical (Massoumi et al, 2006;Reiley et al, 2006;Zhang et al, 2006). Massoumi et al (2006) showed that CYLD-deficient mice are prone to chemical-induced skin cancer, owing, in part, to enhanced K63-polyubiquitination of BCL3, an IkB-like protein that functions as a transcriptional coactivator by forming a complex with the p50 or p52 subunit of NF-kB.…”