TGF-β Regulates Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression by Inducing Treg Cell Polarization
Author(s) -
Yinan Shen,
Yongpeng Wei,
Zhouchong Wang,
Yingying Jing,
Haiguan He,
Jianyong Yuan,
Rong Li,
Qiudong Zhao,
Lixin Wei,
Tian Yang,
JunHua Lu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000373976
Subject(s) - foxp3 , hepatocellular carcinoma , cancer research , transforming growth factor , tumor progression , hccs , interleukin 10 , medicine , treg cell , flow cytometry , transforming growth factor beta , cell , immunology , biology , t cell , cytokine , il 2 receptor , immune system , cancer , genetics
TGF-β plays a key role in the progression of various tumors. The main objective of our study was to investigate whether TGF-β is able to regulate N-nitrosodiethylamine (DEN)-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression in a mouse model by inducing Treg cell polarization.
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