Genetics and biology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

AF Hezel, AC Kimmelman, BZ Stanger… - Genes & …, 2006 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the
United States with a median survival of< 6 mo and a dismal 5-yr survival rate of 3%–5%. The …

[HTML][HTML] Role of transforming growth factor-β superfamily signaling pathways in human disease

KJ Gordon, GC Blobe - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2008 - Elsevier
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily signaling pathways are ubiquitous and
essential regulators of cellular processes including proliferation, differentiation, migration …

Biology and management of pancreatic cancer

P Ghaneh, E Costello… - Postgraduate medical …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Pancreatic cancer continues to pose an enormous challenge to clinicians and cancer
scientists. With a more affluent world the global incidence of pancreatic cancer is rising. For …

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 …

Inhibition of TGF-β signaling promotes human pancreatic β-cell replication

S Dhawan, E Dirice, RN Kulkarni, A Bhushan - Diabetes, 2016 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Diabetes is associated with loss of functional pancreatic β-cells, and restoration of β-cells is
a major goal for regenerative therapies. Endogenous regeneration of β-cells via β-cell …

Transforming growth factor-β/Smad3 signaling regulates insulin gene transcription and pancreatic islet β-cell function

HM Lin, JH Lee, H Yadav, AK Kamaraju, E Liu… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Pancreatic islet β-cell dysfunction is a signature feature of Type 2 diabetes pathogenesis.
Consequently, knowledge of signals that regulate β-cell function is of immense clinical …

Hepatic stem cells and transforming growth factor β in hepatocellular carcinoma

A Majumdar, SA Curley, X Wu, P Brown… - Nature reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common and lethal cancers worldwide. It
arises from modulation of multiple genes by mutations, epigenetic regulation, noncoding …

Treatment with ferulic acid to rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes: effects on oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and apoptosis in the pancreatic β cell

S Roy, SK Metya, S Sannigrahi, N Rahaman, F Ahmed - Endocrine, 2013 - Springer
In the present study, we aimed to investigate the protective effect of ferulic acid at different
doses (50 mg/kg alternative day and 50 mg/kg daily) on diabetic rats and to explore the …

Basics of TGF-β and pancreatic cancer

MJ Truty, R Urrutia - Pancreatology, 2007 - karger.com
Pancreatic cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. The
number of diagnoses per year equals the number of deaths per year, making it the deadliest …

Loss of type III transforming growth factor β receptor expression increases motility and invasiveness associated with epithelial to mesenchymal transition during …

KJ Gordon, M Dong, EM Chislock, TA Fields… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Epithelial to mesenchymal transitions (EMTs) contribute to increases in cellular motility and
invasiveness during embryonic development and tumorigenesis. The transforming growth …