Targeting the transforming growth factor-β signaling in cancer therapy

Biomolecules and Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 323-331

  Sheen, Yhun Yhong ^a   Kim, Min Jin ^a   Park, Sang A ^a   Park, So Yeon ^a   Nam, Jeong Seok ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ALK5; Breast cancer; EW 7197; Metastasis; Transforming growth factor (TGF )

Indexed keywords

1 D 11; 4 [4 (1,3 BENZODIOXOL 5 YL) 5 (2 PYRIDINYL) 1H IMIDAZOL 2 YL]BENZAMIDE; AP 11014; AP 15012; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; FRESOLIMUMAB; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; KI 26894; KI 6894; LERDELIMIMAB; LY 2109761; LY 364937; METELIMUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUTANT PROTEIN; PF 03446962; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SB 505124; SMAD PROTEIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TRABEDERSEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1 KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PANCREAS CANCER; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR PROMOTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84885063519     PISSN: 19769148     EISSN: 20054483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2013.072     Document Type: Review

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