Trefoil factor family (TFF) peptides and cancer progression |
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Authors: | Emami Shahin Rodrigues Sylvie Rodrigue Christelle M Le Floch Nathalie Rivat Christine Attoub Samir Bruyneel Erik Gespach Christian |
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Affiliation: | INSERM U482, Signal Transduction and Cellular Functions in Diabetes and Digestive Cancers, H?pital Saint-Antoine, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France. emami@st-antoine.inserm.fr |
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Abstract: | TFF peptides are involved in mucosal maintenance and repair through motogenic and antiapoptotic activities. These peptides are overexpressed during inflammatory processes and cancer progression. They also function as scatter factors, proinvasive and angiogenic agents. Such a divergence is related to the pathophysiological state of tissues submitted to persistent aggressive situations during digestive processes in the normal gastrointestinal tract, inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. In agreement with this model, TFF peptides are connected with multiple oncogenic pathways. As a consequence, the TFF signaling pathways may serve as potential targets in the control of chronic inflammation and progression of human solid tumors. |
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