Transforming growth factors (TGFs)

Abstract

Transforming growth factors (TGFs) are polypeptide compounds. TGF's with relatively low molecular weight, are thermally stable acid inactivated by agents reducing disulfide bonds. Uncontrolled proliferation is a characteristic feature of cancer development. Proteins from the TGF-beta family are inhibitors of cell growth, so their malfunction favors the uncontrolled growth of neoplastic tissue. The results of the current research confirm the increase in mRNA and TGFbeta protein expression in cancers of the pancreas, colon, lung, bone and the brain. The huge role of TGFs is played by transforming growth factors in the human body. Continuation of research on TGF-beta and its relationship to the development of neoplastic diseases, may be promising in the context of cancer disease.