title: Growth factors in tumor microenvironment.
abstract: Tumor microenvironment plays a critical role in tumor initiation and progression. Components in the microenvironment can modulate the growth of tumor cells, their ability to progress and metastasize. A major venue of communication between tumor cells and their microenvironment is through polypeptide growth factors and receptors for these growth factors. This article discusses three major classes of growth-stimulatory polypeptide growth factors and receptors for these growth factors. It also discusses how deregulation of these growth factors or their receptors can drive malignant transformation and progression.
authors.affiliation: SimmonCooper Cancer Institute, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62702, USA.
authors.forename: Xuejing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Daotai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Subhas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor