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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2022

Deciphering the role of transforming growth factor-beta 1 as a diagnostic-prognostic-therapeutic candidate against hepatocellular carcinoma.

Aswathy R Devan, Keechilat Pavithran, Bhagyalakshmi Nair, Maneesha Murali, Lekshmi R Nath

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. New Experimental Mouse Models to Evaluate the Role of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta in Liver Tumorigenesis.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  13. Physical activity and exercise in liver cancer.Liver research (Beijing, China) · 2024
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  16. New and Old Key Players in Liver Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  20. Research progress of exosomes in drug resistance of breast cancer.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aswathy R DevanDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, AIMS Health Science Campus, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India.
Keechilat PavithranDepartment of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India.
Bhagyalakshmi NairDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, AIMS Health Science Campus, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India.
Maneesha MuraliDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, AIMS Health Science Campus, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India.
Lekshmi R NathDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, AIMS Health Science Campus, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India. lekshmirnath@aims.amrita.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) is a multifunctional cytokine that performs a dual role as a tumor suppressor and tumor promoter during cancer progression. Among different ligands of the TGF-β family, TGF-β1 modulates most of its biological outcomes. Despite the abundant expression of TGF-β1 in the liver, steatosis to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression triggers elevated TGF-β1 levels, contributing to poor prognosis and survival. Additionally, elevated TGF-β1 levels in the tumor microenvironment create an immunosuppressive stage

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsBiomarkersCarcinogensHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsLigandsPrognosisTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor beta1Transforming Growth FactorsTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkersCarcinogensImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsLigandsTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor beta1Transforming Growth FactorsBiomarkerFibrogenesisHepatocellular carcinomaImmunosuppressionImmunotherapyInflammationTransforming growth factor-beta 1

Identifiers

PMID36185626
PMCPMC9521521

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