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Mechanisms of Action of TGF‐β in Cancer
1 Oct 2007
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Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) induces cell differentiation and suppresses cell proliferation, but the mechanisms underlying the actions of TGF-beta remain to be fully elucidated. Recent studies suggest that TGF-beta suppresses neoplastic cell development by employing Smad3 protein to repress the gene of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT). In human breast cancer cells, TGF-beta induces...
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