title: Emerging role of KLF4 in human gastrointestinal cancer.
abstract: Recent analyses revealed that Krüppel-like factors (KLFs) play important roles in both normal development and carcinogenesis. Of the 16 known KLFs, KLF4 has been shown to be involved in the regulation of proliferation, differentiation and tumorigenesis of gastrointestinal tract epithelium. Clinical, experimental and mechanistic findings indicate that KLF4 is a bona fide tumor suppressor for both gastric and colorectal cancers. In this review, we summarize how this growing area of research has formed and the challenging new frontiers for better understanding of the oncogenic potential of the KLFs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Daoyan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanai
authors.forename: Suyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Keping
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: C000715467:KLF4 protein, human; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors