| Literature DB >> 18661347 |
Suniti Misra1, Vincent C Hascall, Franklin G Berger, Roger R Markwald, Shibnath Ghatak.
Abstract
Carcinomas arising from colon epithelia develop or progress in a stromal microenvironment that is elevated in hyaluronan; interactions between elevated hyaluronan and the CD44 receptors on epithelial tumor cells activate an HA-receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated cell survival pathway. In this review we provide evidence that the hyaluronan-ErbB2-PI3kinase/AKT-ss-catenin-COX-2 signaling axis leads to intestinal epithelial and colon tumor cell division and proliferation. This review includes a summary of the authors work over the past years as well as citations of specific reviews related to role of hyaluronan in the pathogenesis of colon cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18661347 DOI: 10.1080/03008200802143356
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Connect Tissue Res ISSN: 0300-8207 Impact factor: 3.417