Insulin-like growth factor system in neuroblastoma tumorigenesis and apoptosis: potential diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives
Apoptosis is a cell death program which is modulated by a variety of factors including growth factors, signal transduction molecules and inducers of gene expression or DNA replication. Of particular interest is Type I insulin-like growth factor receptor which contains a tyrosine kinase domain linked...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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1999
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Hormone and metabolic research
Year: 1999, Volume: 31, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 138-141 |
| ISSN: | 1439-4286 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-2007-978711 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-978711 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-2007-978711 
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| Author Notes: | W. Zumkeller, M. Schwab |
| Summary: | Apoptosis is a cell death program which is modulated by a variety of factors including growth factors, signal transduction molecules and inducers of gene expression or DNA replication. Of particular interest is Type I insulin-like growth factor receptor which contains a tyrosine kinase domain linked to the ras-raf-MAPK cascade. This receptor has antiapoptotic effects in a number of in vivo and in vitro models, thus making IGF-I-R a potential target for gene therapy. Particularly the growth of neuroblastoma depends on IGFs which exert their effect through the Type I IGF receptor. This review highlights the role of the IGF-system in neuroblastoma and points at possible modulators with the aim of inducing differentiation or apoptosis of tumor cells. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1439-4286 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-2007-978711 |