Transforming growth factor-β: A therapeutic target for cancer

S Haque, JC Morris - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) regulates cell growth and differentiation, apoptosis,
cell motility, extracellular matrix production, angiogenesis, and cellular immunity. It has a …

[HTML][HTML] TGF-β signaling and its targeting for glioma treatment

J Han, CA Alvarez-Breckenridge… - American journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) is a pleiotropic cytokine, secreted by a variety of
cells including immune cells, tumor cells, and stromal cells. TGF-β signaling is dysregulated …

Engineering NK cells modified with an EGFRvIII-specific chimeric antigen receptor to overexpress CXCR4 improves immunotherapy of CXCL12/SDF-1α-secreting …

N Müller, S Michen, S Tietze, K Töpfer… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Natural killer (NK) cells are promising effector cells for adjuvant immunotherapy of cancer.
So far, several preclinical studies have shown the feasibility of gene-engineered NK cells …

The neuroprotective functions of transforming growth factor beta proteins

A Dobolyi, C Vincze, G Pál, G Lovas - International journal of molecular …, 2012 - mdpi.com
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) proteins are multifunctional cytokines whose neural
functions are increasingly recognized. The machinery of TGF-β signaling, including the …

TGF-beta signaling in cancer treatment

I Fabregat, J Fernando, J Mainez… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-!) belongs to a superfamily of cytokines that act on
protein kinase receptors at the plasma membrane to induce a plethora of biological signals …

Current trends in targeted therapies for glioblastoma multiforme

F Ohka, A Natsume… - Neurology research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most frequently occurring tumors in the central
nervous system and the most malignant tumor among gliomas. Despite aggressive …

Roles for the type III TGF-β receptor in human cancer

CE Gatza, SY Oh, GC Blobe - Cellular signalling, 2010 - Elsevier
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily ligands have important roles in regulating
cellular homeostasis, embryonic development, differentiation, proliferation, immune …

Exploring anti-TGF-β therapies in cancer and fibrosis

LJAC Hawinkels, P Ten Dijke - Growth factors, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is a multifunctional cytokine, with important roles in
maintaining tissue homeostasis. TGF-β signals via transmembrane serine/threonine kinase …

Neural tissue homeostasis and repair is regulated via CS and DS proteoglycan motifs

AJ Hayes, J Melrose - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is the most abundant and widely distributed glycosaminoglycan
(GAG) in the human body. As a component of proteoglycans (PGs) it has numerous roles in …

Therapeutic targeting of TGFβ ligands in glioblastoma using novel antisense oligonucleotides reduces the growth of experimental gliomas

A Papachristodoulou, M Silginer, M Weller… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is expressed at high levels by glioma cells and
contributes to the malignant phenotype of glioblastoma. However, its therapeutic targeting …