ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2017
Targeting TGF-β Signaling for Therapeutic Gain.
Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 134 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Global hotspots and trends in pre-metastatic niche research: a bibliometric analysis(2005-2024).Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- A phase 1b/2 study of first-line anti-PD-L1/ TGF-βRII fusion protein SHR-1701 combined with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine for advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Trial
- Bintrafusp Alfa, a Bifunctional Fusion Protein Targeting TGF-β and PD-L1, in Second-Line Treatment of Patients With NSCLC: Results From an Expansion Cohort of a Phase 1 Trial.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2020Trial
- Structural basis for the contribution of latent TGFβ binding protein to TGFβ latency and activation.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Patient-derived model capturing hypoxia and extracellular matrix remodelling of immunologically cold high-grade serous tumours.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Molecular Engineering of the Helminth TGF-β Mimetics, TGM1 and TGM4, Reveals a Novel Antagonist of TGF-β Signaling in Fibroblasts.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Article
- Inflammation drives TGFβ1 activation via the αvβ6 integrin-mechanotransduction pathway in human skin.iScience · 2026Article
- Comprehensive analysis of the TGF-β signaling pathway: molecular mechanisms, disease drivers, and frontiers in clinical translation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Iodine-125 brachytherapy triggers immunogenic cell death and potentiates anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy in bone metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts in inflammatory bowel disease: fibroblast heterogeneity, fibrosis, and therapeutic targeting.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Human stem cell models for group 3 medulloblastoma uncover JARID1B as a regulator of the chromatin landscape.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Targeting TGFβ docking receptor glycoprotein A repetitions predominant (GARP) via novel chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell platform to treat glioblastoma.Neuro-oncology · 2025Article
- Latent-TGF-β has a domain swapped architecture.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Reconceptualizing Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in atherosclerosis: Signaling pathways and prospective targeting strategies.Journal of advanced research · 2025Review
- Targeting TGF-β signaling in glioblastoma: therapeutic implications and novel drug development strategies.Brain tumor pathology · 2025Review
- Immune infiltration and stromal heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer: A prognostic model guiding immunotherapy response.Oncology letters · 2025Article
- Computational Drug Repurposing Screening Targeting Profibrotic Cytokine in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2025Article
- Co-expression of a truncated TGFβ receptor II in c-Met CAR T cells enhances antitumor activity against lung adenocarcinoma.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Anoikis resistance in Cancer: Mechanisms, therapeutic strategies, potential targets, and models for enhanced understanding.Cancer letters · 2025Review
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Abstract
Transforming growth factor βs (TGF-βs) are closely related ligands that have pleiotropic activity on most cell types of the body. They act through common heterotetrameric TGF-β type II and type I transmembrane dual specificity kinase receptor complexes, and the outcome of signaling is context-dependent. In normal tissue, they serve a role in maintaining homeostasis. In many diseased states, particularly fibrosis and cancer, TGF-β ligands are overexpressed and the outcome of signaling is diverted toward disease progression. There has therefore been a concerted effort to develop drugs that block TGF-β signaling for therapeutic benefit. This review will cover the basics of TGF-β signaling and its biological activities relevant to oncology, present a summary of pharmacological TGF-β blockade strategies, and give an update on preclinical and clinical trials for TGF-β blockade in a variety of solid tumor types.
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