Haque Sulsal, Morris John C
a Department of Internal Medicine , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , OH , USA.
b University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute , Cincinnati , OH , USA.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2017 Aug 3;13(8):1741-1750. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1327107. Epub 2017 Jun 2.
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) regulates cell growth and differentiation, apoptosis, cell motility, extracellular matrix production, angiogenesis, and cellular immunity. It has a paradoxical role in cancer. In the early stages it inhibits cellular transformation and prevents cancer progression. In later stages TGF-β plays a key role in promoting tumor progression through mainly 3 mechanisms: facilitating epithelial to mesenchymal transition, stimulating angiogenesis and inducing immunosuppression. As a result of its opposing tumor promoting and tumor suppressive abilities, TGF-β and its pathway has represented potential opportunities for drug development and several therapies targeting the TGF-β pathway have been identified. This review focuses on identifying the mechanisms through which TGF-β is involved in tumorigenesis and current therapeutics that are under development.
转化生长因子-β(TGF-β)调节细胞生长与分化、细胞凋亡、细胞迁移、细胞外基质生成、血管生成及细胞免疫。它在癌症中具有矛盾的作用。在早期,它抑制细胞转化并阻止癌症进展。在后期,TGF-β主要通过三种机制在促进肿瘤进展中起关键作用:促进上皮-间质转化、刺激血管生成和诱导免疫抑制。由于其具有相反的促肿瘤和抑肿瘤能力,TGF-β及其信号通路为药物开发提供了潜在机会,并且已经确定了几种靶向TGF-β信号通路的疗法。本综述着重于确定TGF-β参与肿瘤发生的机制以及目前正在研发的治疗方法。