TGF-β Biology in Mammary Development and Breast Cancer
TGF-β Biology in Mammary Development and Breast Cancer
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DOI:
10.1101/cshperspect.a003277
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Barcellos-Hoff, Mary Helen
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作者:
Moses, Harold;Barcellos-Hoff, Mary Helen
Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta) was first implicated in mammary epithelial development by Daniel and Silberstein in 1987 and in breast cancer cells and hormone resistance by Lippman and colleagues in 1988. TGF-beta is critically important for mammary morphogenesis and secretory function through specific regulation of epithelial proliferation, apoptosis, and extracellular matrix. Differential TGF-beta effects on distinct cell types are compounded by regulation at multiple levels and the influence of context on cellular responses. Studies using controlled expression and conditional-deletion mouse models underscore the complexity of TGF-beta biology across the cycle of mammary development and differentiation. Early loss of TGF-beta growth regulation in breast cancer evolves into fundamental deregulation that mediates cell interactions and phenotypes driving invasive disease. Two outstanding issues are to understand the mechanisms of biological control in situ and the circumstances by which TGF-beta regulation is subverted in neoplastic progression.