Article
Two faces of TGF-beta1 in breast cancer.
Mediators of inflammation - 1 Jan 2014
Zarzynska Joanna Magdalena
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer (BC) is potentially life-threatening malignancy that still causes high mortality among women. Scientific research in this field is focused on deeper understanding of pathogenesis and progressing of BC, in order to develop relevant diagnosis and improve therapeutic treatment. Multifunctional cytokine TGF- β 1 is one of many factors that have a direct influence on BC pathophysiology. Expression of...
Topics
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Movement
- Cytokines
- Dimerization
- Disease Progression
- Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
