BACKGROUND Nodal, a TGFβ like growth factor, functions as an embryonic morphogen
that maintains the pluripotency of embryonic stem cells. Nodal has been implicated in …

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a ubiquitous synthetic compound used as a monomer in the production
of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Even at low doses, BPA has been associated …

Background Electrotaxis is the movement of adherent living cells in response to a direct
current (dc) electric field (EF) of physiological strength. Highly metastatic human lung cancer …

Disclosed are methods for identification of agents that modu late cell attachment, cell
migration and cell viability. Cancer and primary cells adhered to a matrix are treated with …

Follistatin is a single-chain glycosylated protein whose primary function consists in binding
and neutralizing some members of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily such as …

Activin A, is a multifunctional cytokine of the transforming growth factor‐β superfamily of
growth factors. This molecule has been shown to be implicated in the regulation of a broad …

Research efforts in the area of palaeopathology have been seen as an avenue to improve
our understanding of the pathogenesis of cancer. Answers to questions of whether …

The clinical significance of circulating follistatin (FLST), an inhibitor of the multifunctional
cytokine activin A (Act A), was investigated in patients with prostate cancer (PCa). The serum …

The type III transforming growth factor‐β receptor (TGFβR3, betaglycan), a tumour
suppressor, is the most frequently lost TGFβ pathway component. This event appears to be …

Data from the SEER reports reveal that the occurrence rate of a cancer type generally
follows a unimodal distribution over age, peaking at an age that is cancer-type specific and …