Activin signaling and its role in regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis. Export

@article{citeulike:2707315, abstract = {Activins, cytokine members of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, have various effects on many physiological processes, including cell proliferation, cell death, metabolism, homeostasis, differentiation, immune responses endocrine function, etc. Activins interact with two structurally related serine/threonine kinase receptors, type I and type II, and initiate downstream signaling via Smads to regulate gene expression. Understanding how activin signaling is controlled extracellularly and intracellularly would not only lead to more complete understanding of cell growth and apoptosis, but would also provide the basis for therapeutic strategies to treat cancer and other related diseases. This review focuses on the recent progress on activin-receptor interactions, regulations of activin signaling by ligand-binding proteins, receptor-binding proteins, and nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Smad proteins.}, address = {State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.}, author = {Chen, Y. G. and Wang, Q. and Lin, S. L. and Chang, C. D. and Chuang, J. and Chung, J. and Ying, S. Y.}, citeulike-article-id = {2707315}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16636301}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16636301}, issn = {1535-3702}, journal = {Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)}, keywords = {activin, review, signalisation}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {534--544}, posted-at = {2008-04-23 12:54:23}, priority = {4}, title = {Activin signaling and its role in regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16636301}, volume = {231}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2707315 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2707315 N2 - Activins, cytokine members of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, have various effects on many physiological processes, including cell proliferation, cell death, metabolism, homeostasis, differentiation, immune responses endocrine function, etc. Activins interact with two structurally related serine/threonine kinase receptors, type I and type II, and initiate downstream signaling via Smads to regulate gene expression. Understanding how activin signaling is controlled extracellularly and intracellularly would not only lead to more complete understanding of cell growth and apoptosis, but would also provide the basis for therapeutic strategies to treat cancer and other related diseases. This review focuses on the recent progress on activin-receptor interactions, regulations of activin signaling by ligand-binding proteins, receptor-binding proteins, and nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Smad proteins. IS - 5 JF - Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) SN - 1535-3702 AD - State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China. EP - 544 TI - Activin signaling and its role in regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis. VL - 231 SP - 534 KW - activin KW - review KW - signalisation AU - Chen, YG AU - Wang, Q AU - Lin, SL AU - Chang, CD AU - Chuang, J AU - Chung, J AU - Ying, SY PY - 2006/05// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16636301 ER -