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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Roberto Giovannoni
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-77927 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Oncotarget 20160401 16
TGF-β pathway is generally associated with the processes of metastasis, angiogenesis and EMT in cancer. Very little is known, however, about the role of TGF-β in cancer drug resistance. In this work, we show a specific activation of the TGF-β pathway in consequence of chemotherapeutic treatment in in vivo and in vitro models of colorectal carcinoma. 5-Fluorouracil (5FU) was able to stimulate the activation of SMAD3 and the transcription of specific genes such as ACVRL1, FN1 and TGFB1. On the oth ...[more]