Abstract
Cathelicidin is a host defense peptide with multiple innate immunity-related functions. Recent findings indicate that cathelicidin is frequently dysregulated in human cancers where it plays a paradoxical yet dominant role in the regulation of tumor malignancy. In this review, the regulation of malignant phenotypes by cathelicidin in relation to the activation of its receptors and intracellular signaling is discussed.
Keywords: Angiogenesis, apoptosis, LL-37, receptor, signaling.
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:The Janus Face of Cathelicidin in Tumorigenesis
Volume: 21 Issue: 21
Author(s): W.K.K. Wu, J.J.Y. Sung, A.S.L. Cheng, F.K.L. Chan, S.S.M. Ng, K.F. To, X.J. Wang, L. Zhang, S.H. Wong, J. Yu and C.H. Cho
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Keywords: Angiogenesis, apoptosis, LL-37, receptor, signaling.
Abstract: Cathelicidin is a host defense peptide with multiple innate immunity-related functions. Recent findings indicate that cathelicidin is frequently dysregulated in human cancers where it plays a paradoxical yet dominant role in the regulation of tumor malignancy. In this review, the regulation of malignant phenotypes by cathelicidin in relation to the activation of its receptors and intracellular signaling is discussed.
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Wu W.K.K., Sung J.J.Y., Cheng A.S.L., Chan F.K.L., Ng S.S.M., To K.F., Wang X.J., Zhang L., Wong S.H., Yu J. and Cho C.H., The Janus Face of Cathelicidin in Tumorigenesis, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2014; 21(21) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867321666140205135351
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867321666140205135351 |
Print ISSN 0929-8673 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-533X |

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