Perspectives of TGF-ß inhibition in pancreatic and hepatocellular carcinomas

Oncotarget

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-94

  Neuzillet, Cindy ^a   de Gramont, Armand ^a,b   Tijeras Raballand, Annemilaï ^b   de Mestier, Louis ^a   Cros, Jérome ^a   Faivre, Sandrine ^a   Raymond, Eric ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AAREC Filia Research   (France)

Author keywords

EMT; Extracellular matrix; SMAD; Stellate cells; TGF inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BELAGENPUMATUCEL L; DISITERTIDE; FRESOLIMUMAB; GALUNISERTIB; GEMCITABINE; LERDELIMUMAB; METELIMUMAB; PLACEBO; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SORAFENIB; TRABEDERSEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN;

BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; REVIEW; SKIN FIBROSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84893847098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.1569     Document Type: Review

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