title: [TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand and its research progress on cancer treatment].
abstract: TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand) belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) cytokine family, can induce apoptosis in a wide variety of tumor cell lines. This review introduces research progress on TRAIL from several aspects: the structure and function of TRAIL, the pathway of its inducing apoptosis, TRAIL and cancer treatment, and its foreground.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100083.
authors.forename: X C
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology*; D019014:fas Receptor
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C505661:FASLG protein, human; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; C505653:TNFSF10 protein, human; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019014:fas Receptor