TGF-β signalling and its role in cancer progression and metastasis

Y Drabsch, P Ten Dijke - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2012 - Springer
The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) system signals via protein kinase receptors and
SMAD mediators to regulate a large number of biological processes. Alterations of the TGF …

[HTML][HTML] Role of transforming growth factor-β superfamily signaling pathways in human disease

KJ Gordon, GC Blobe - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2008 - Elsevier
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily signaling pathways are ubiquitous and
essential regulators of cellular processes including proliferation, differentiation, migration …

Role of transforming growth factor Beta in human cancer

RL Elliott, GC Blobe - Journal of clinical oncology, 2005 - ascopubs.org
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a ubiquitous and essential regulator of cellular
and physiologic processes including proliferation, differentiation, migration, cell survival …

TGF-β signaling: positive and negative effects on tumorigenesis

LM Wakefield, AB Roberts - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2002 - Elsevier
TGF-β binding to the cell surface triggers activation of multiple signal transduction pathways
that are connected in intricate ways with each other, and with other response networks …

TGF-β and cancer

B Bierie, HL Moses - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
TGF-β signaling regulates tumorigenesis and in human cancer its signaling pathways are
often modified during tumor progression. Prior to initiation and early during progression TGF …

A common coding variant in CASP8 is associated with breast cancer risk

A Cox, AM Dunning, M Garcia-Closas… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
Abstract The Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) has been established to
conduct combined case-control analyses with augmented statistical power to try to confirm …

A Transforming Growth Factorβ1 Signal Peptide Variant Increases Secretion in Vitro and Is Associated with Increased Incidence of Invasive Breast Cancer

AM Dunning, PD Ellis, S McBride, HL Kirschenlohr… - Cancer research, 2003 - AACR
There is evidence that transforming growth factor (TGF) β acts as a suppressor of tumor
initiation but also as a promoter of tumor progression when the antiproliferative effect of the …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the TGFβ signaling network in human neoplasia

N Dumont, CL Arteaga - Cancer cell, 2003 - cell.com
The transforming growth factor (TGF) βs are polypeptides within a superfamily of ligands that
includes the TGFβs, activins, and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs). TGFβ ligands play a …

Cytokine gene polymorphism in human disease: on-line databases, supplement 2

N Haukim, JL Bidwell, AJP Smith, LJ Keen… - Genes & …, 2002 - nature.com
In 1999, Genes and Immunity published a systematic review and on-line database of
cytokine gene polymorphism in human disease, 1 and in 2001 a supplement to the review …

[HTML][HTML] Transforming growth factor-β in breast cancer: too much, too late

MH Barcellos-Hoff, RJ Akhurst - Breast cancer research, 2009 - Springer
The contribution of transforming growth factor (TGF) β to breast cancer has been studied
from a myriad perspectives since seminal studies more than two decades ago. Although the …