ISSN: 1837-9664Journal of Cancer
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Roles of Smads Family and Alternative Splicing Variants of Smad4 in Different Cancers
1. Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
2. Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China
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Ullah I, Sun W, Tang L, Feng J. Roles of Smads Family and Alternative Splicing Variants of Smad4 in Different Cancers. J Cancer 2018; 9(21):4018-4028. doi:10.7150/jca.20906. https://www.jcancer.org/v09p4018.htm
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Transforming Growth Factor β (TGF-β) is one of the most common secretory proteins which are recognized by membrane receptors joined to transcription regulatory factor. TGF-β signals are transduced by the Smads family that regulate differentiation, proliferation, early growth, apoptosis, homeostasis, and tumor development. Functional study of TGF-β signaling pathway and Smads role is vital for certain diseases such as cancer. Alternative splicing produces a diverse range of protein isoforms with unique function and the ability to react differently with various pharmaceutical products. This review organizes to describe the general study of Smads family, the process of alternative splicing, the general aspect of alternative splicing of Smad4 in cancer and the possible use of spliceoforms for the diagnosis and therapeutic purpose. The main aim and objective of this article are to highlight some particular mechanisms involving in alternatives splicing of cancer and also to demonstrate new evidence about alternative splicing in different steps given cancer initiation and progression.
Keywords: Apoptosis, Alternative splicing, Cancer, Homeostasis, Proteins, Transforming Growth Factor β
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Ullah, I., Sun, W., Tang, L., Feng, J. (2018). Roles of Smads Family and Alternative Splicing Variants of Smad4 in Different Cancers. Journal of Cancer, 9(21), 4018-4028. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.20906.
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Ullah, I.; Sun, W.; Tang, L.; Feng, J. Roles of Smads Family and Alternative Splicing Variants of Smad4 in Different Cancers. J. Cancer 2018, 9 (21), 4018-4028. DOI: 10.7150/jca.20906.
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Ullah I, Sun W, Tang L, Feng J. Roles of Smads Family and Alternative Splicing Variants of Smad4 in Different Cancers. J Cancer 2018; 9(21):4018-4028. doi:10.7150/jca.20906. https://www.jcancer.org/v09p4018.htm
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Ullah I, Sun W, Tang L, Feng J. 2018. Roles of Smads Family and Alternative Splicing Variants of Smad4 in Different Cancers. J Cancer. 9(21):4018-4028.
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