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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Hauptverfasser: Zumkeller, Walter (VerfasserIn) , Schwab, Manfred (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1999
In: Hormone and metabolic research
Year: 1999, Jahrgang: 31, Heft: 2/3, Pages: 138-141
ISSN:1439-4286
DOI:10.1055/s-2007-978711
Online-Zugang: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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Verfasserangaben:W. Zumkeller, M. Schwab
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Zusammenfassung: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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ISSN:1439-4286
DOI:10.1055/s-2007-978711