Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin B Down-Regulates the Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta (TGF-β) Signaling Transducers in Human Glioblastoma
Author(s) -
Abolfazl Akbari,
Zohreh Farahnejad,
Javad Akhtari,
Mahdi Abastabar,
Gholam Reza Mobini,
Amir Seied Ali Mehbod
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jundishapur journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2008-4161
pISSN - 2008-3645
DOI - 10.5812/jjm.27297
Subject(s) - enterotoxin , transforming growth factor , real time polymerase chain reaction , transforming growth factor beta , cell growth , cancer research , signal transduction , messenger rna , gene expression , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , gene , genetics , escherichia coli
We suggested that SEB could represent an agent that can significantly decrease smad2/3 expression in glioblastoma cells, leading to moderate TGF-β growth signaling and the reduction of tumor cell proliferation.
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