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Role of transforming growth factor-beta in cancer progression.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 Dec 2006
Galliher Amy J, Neil Jason R, Schiemann William P
Abstract excerpt
Invasion and metastasis are the most lethal characteristics of cancer and the leading causes of cancer-related death. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta is a multifunctional cytokine that normally functions to prevent the uncontrolled proliferation of epithelial, endothelial and hematopoietic cells. Quite dichotomously, however, aberrant genetic or epigenetic events often negate the cytostatic function of...
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