TGF-β family signaling in the control of cell proliferation and survival

Y Zhang, PB Alexander… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) family controls many fundamental aspects of
cellular behavior. With advances in the molecular details of the TGF-β signaling cascade …

The dual role of TGFβ in human cancer: from tumor suppression to cancer metastasis

JJ Lebrun - International Scholarly Research Notices, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The transforming growth factor‐beta (TGFβ) superfamily encompasses widespread and
evolutionarily conserved polypeptide growth factors that regulate and orchestrate growth …

Human telomerase and its regulation

YS Cong, WE Wright, JW Shay - Microbiology and molecular …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
The telomere is a special functional complex at the end of linear eukaryotic chromosomes,
consisting of tandem repeat DNA sequences and associated proteins. It is essential for …

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 …

Transforming growth factor-β1 induces the differentiation of myogenic cells into fibrotic cells in injured skeletal muscle: a key event in muscle fibrogenesis

Y Li, W Foster, BM Deasy, Y Chan, V Prisk… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is thought to play a crucial role in fibrotic diseases.
This study demonstrates for the first time that TGF-β1 stimulation can induce myoblasts …

Regular, intense exercise training as a healthy aging lifestyle strategy: preventing DNA damage, telomere shortening and adverse DNA methylation changes over a …

M Sellami, N Bragazzi, MS Prince, J Denham… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Exercise training is one of the few therapeutic interventions that improves health span by
delaying the onset of age-related diseases and preventing early death. The length of …

Transforming growth factor-β and the hallmarks of cancer

M Tian, JR Neil, WP Schiemann - Cellular signalling, 2011 - Elsevier
Tumorigenesis is in many respects a process of dysregulated cellular evolution that drives
malignant cells to acquire six phenotypic hallmarks of cancer, including their ability to …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple tumor suppressor pathways negatively regulate telomerase

SY Lin, SJ Elledge - Cell, 2003 - cell.com
Telomerase expression is repressed in most somatic cells but is observed in stem cells and
a high percentage of human cancers and has been hypothesized to contribute to …

Pregnancy and the risk of breast cancer

K Britt, A Ashworth, M Smalley - Endocrine-related cancer, 2007 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Therapeutic progress in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is severely hampered by its low
incidence. Platinum-based chemotherapies are the most effective cytotoxic treatment …

Natural and pharmacological regulation of telomerase

JL Mergny, JF Riou, P Mailliet… - Nucleic Acids …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The extremities of eukaryotic chromosomes are called telomeres. They have a structure
unlike the bulk of the chromosome, which allows the cell DNA repair machinery to …