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activins and Benign Neoplasms

activins has been researched along with Benign Neoplasms in 40 studies

Activins: Activins are produced in the pituitary, gonads, and other tissues. By acting locally, they stimulate pituitary FSH secretion and have diverse effects on cell differentiation and embryonic development. Activins are glycoproteins that are hetero- or homodimers of INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS.

Research Excerpts

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" Baicalin is a natural flavonoid that can reduce skeletal muscle atrophy in animal models of cancer cachexia by inhibiting NF-κB."3.83Baicalin supplementation reduces serum biomarkers of skeletal muscle wasting and may protect against lean body mass reduction in cancer patients: Results from a pilot open-label study. ( Bertona, M; Emanuele, E; Fiuza-Luces, C; Lucia, A; Morales, JS; Pareja-Galeano, H; Sanchis-Gomar, F, 2016)
"It has been shown that cancers use the mechanisms of wound healing to promote their own growth."2.66Wound Repair, Scar Formation, and Cancer: Converging on Activin. ( Cangkrama, M; Werner, S; Wietecha, M, 2020)
"However, the use of ESAs in anemic cancer patients is associated with reduced survival time and time to progression."2.52Experimental and investigational therapies for chemotherapy-induced anemia. ( Castelli, G; Elvira, P; Testa, U, 2015)
"Cancer cachexia is characterized by a significant reduction in body weight resulting predominantly from loss of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle."2.48Cancer cachexia: mediators, signaling, and metabolic pathways. ( Fearon, KC; Glass, DJ; Guttridge, DC, 2012)
"Activins have been shown to mediate their signals through type I and type II serine/threonine kinase receptors."2.39Transgenic models to study the roles of inhibins and activins in reproduction, oncogenesis, and development. ( Behringer, RR; Coerver, KA; Finegold, MJ; Kumar, TR; Lau, AL; Matzuk, MM; Shou, W, 1996)
"In older patients with cancer, high serum concentrations of activin A and myostatin were predictive of poor OS."1.51Serum biomarkers for predicting overall survival and early mortality in older patients with metastatic solid tumors. ( Baek, JY; Hong, DS; Hong, S; Hong, YS; Hwang, IG; Jang, JS; Kim, HJ; Kim, JH; Kim, JW; Kim, SH; Kim, TY; Lee, JH; Shin, SH; Sun, S; Woo, IS, 2019)
"During tumorigenesis, cancer cells use two different approaches to evade this barrier, either downregulating activin B and/or downregulating ALK7."1.51ALK7 Signaling Manifests a Homeostatic Tissue Barrier That Is Abrogated during Tumorigenesis and Metastasis. ( Hanahan, D; Marinoni, I; Michael, IP; Perren, A; Saghafinia, S; Tichet, M; Zangger, N, 2019)
"Patients with advanced solid tumors were enrolled in 8 dose cohorts ranging from 0."1.51First-in-Human Phase I Study of the Activin A Inhibitor, STM 434, in Patients with Granulosa Cell Ovarian Cancer and Other Advanced Solid Tumors. ( Cadoo, KA; Cangemi, NA; Haqq, CM; Hyman, DM; Liu, JF; Makker, V; Navarro, WH; Rasco, DW; Tao, JJ, 2019)
"Patients with colorectal or lung cancer were prospectively enrolled at the time of diagnosis or relapse between January 2012 and March 2014."1.46Circulating Activin A predicts survival in cancer patients. ( de Barsy, M; Gruson, D; Lause, P; Loumaye, A; Nachit, M; Thissen, JP; Trefois, P; van Maanen, A, 2017)
"Cachexia is a life-threatening wasting syndrome lacking effective treatment, which arises in many cancer patients."1.43Differential Effects of IL6 and Activin A in the Development of Cancer-Associated Cachexia. ( Chen, JL; Colgan, TD; Gregorevic, P; Hagg, A; Harrison, CA; Qian, H; Walton, KL; Watt, MJ, 2016)
"Notably, cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) and cancer cells were resistant to TGFβ mediated suppression of CD248."1.40TGFβ-mediated suppression of CD248 in non-cancer cells via canonical Smad-dependent signaling pathways is uncoupled in cancer cells. ( Calvo, F; Conway, EM; Lei, V; O'Byrne, AM; Suresh Babu, S; Valdez, Y; Xu, A, 2014)
"The study of cancer cell dormancy is severely hampered by the lack of biological samples so that the mechanisms that regulate cell dormancy have not been extensively explored."1.37A dormant state modulated by osmotic pressure controls clonogenicity of prostate cancer cells. ( Dautry, F; Havard, M; Tchénio, T, 2011)
"Muscle wasting and cachexia have long been postulated to be key determinants of cancer-related death, but there has been no direct experimental evidence to substantiate this hypothesis."1.36Reversal of cancer cachexia and muscle wasting by ActRIIB antagonism leads to prolonged survival. ( Boone, T; Chen, Q; Goldberg, AL; Han, HQ; Jiao, Q; Kwak, KS; Lacey, DL; Lu, J; Rosenfeld, R; Simonet, WS; Song, Y; Wang, JL; Zhou, X, 2010)
"In breast and cervical cancer cells, activin-A resulted in telomerase activity in a concentration-dependent manner."1.35Activin inhibits telomerase activity in cancer. ( Jiang, FX; Katik, I; Li, H; Liu, JP; Mackenzie-Kludas, C; Nicholls, C; Zhou, S, 2009)
" As a result of this extraction procedure, the dose-response curve of serum extract was parallel to the standard curve and a single immunoreactive (ir-) peak was demonstrated on gel chromatographic analysis with constant recovery rates over 80%."1.29Serum immunoreactive activin A levels in normal subjects and patients with various diseases. ( Harada, K; Saito, S; Sakamoto, Y; Shintani, Y; Shitsukawa, K; Wakatsuki, M, 1996)

Research

Studies (40)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's2 (5.00)18.2507
2000's10 (25.00)29.6817
2010's23 (57.50)24.3611
2020's5 (12.50)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Hagg, A2
O'Shea, E1
Harrison, CA3
Walton, KL2
Wang, X1
Song, C1
Ye, Y1
Gu, Y1
Li, X1
Chen, P1
Leng, D1
Xiao, J1
Wu, H1
Xie, S1
Liu, W1
Zhao, Q1
Chen, D1
Chen, X1
Wu, Q1
Chen, G1
Zhang, W1
Morianos, I1
Papadopoulou, G1
Semitekolou, M1
Xanthou, G1
Ries, A1
Schelch, K1
Falch, D1
Pany, L1
Hoda, MA1
Grusch, M1
Cao, Z1
Jose, I1
Glab, J1
Puthalakath, H1
Osellame, LD1
Hoogenraad, NJ1
Cangkrama, M1
Wietecha, M1
Werner, S2
Loumaye, A2
de Barsy, M1
Nachit, M1
Lause, P1
van Maanen, A1
Trefois, P1
Gruson, D1
Thissen, JP2
Miller, DSJ1
Bloxham, RD1
Jiang, M1
Gori, I1
Saunders, RE1
Das, D1
Chakravarty, P1
Howell, M1
Hill, CS1
Kim, SH1
Kim, JW1
Hwang, IG1
Jang, JS1
Hong, S1
Kim, TY1
Baek, JY1
Shin, SH1
Sun, S1
Hong, DS1
Kim, HJ1
Hong, YS1
Woo, IS1
Lee, JH1
Kim, JH1
Cui, X2
Shang, S1
Lv, X1
Zhao, J1
Qi, Y1
Liu, Z1
Michael, IP1
Saghafinia, S1
Tichet, M1
Zangger, N1
Marinoni, I1
Perren, A1
Hanahan, D1
Tao, JJ1
Cangemi, NA1
Makker, V1
Cadoo, KA1
Liu, JF1
Rasco, DW1
Navarro, WH1
Haqq, CM1
Hyman, DM1
Suresh Babu, S1
Valdez, Y1
Xu, A1
O'Byrne, AM1
Calvo, F1
Lei, V1
Conway, EM1
Testa, U1
Castelli, G1
Elvira, P1
Chen, JL1
Qian, H1
Colgan, TD1
Watt, MJ1
Gregorevic, P1
Emanuele, E1
Bertona, M1
Pareja-Galeano, H1
Fiuza-Luces, C1
Morales, JS1
Sanchis-Gomar, F1
Lucia, A1
Chen, W1
Ten Dijke, P1
Pickup, MW1
Owens, P1
Moses, HL1
Katik, I1
Mackenzie-Kludas, C1
Nicholls, C1
Jiang, FX1
Zhou, S1
Li, H1
Liu, JP1
Katoh, M2
Zhou, X1
Wang, JL1
Lu, J1
Song, Y1
Kwak, KS1
Jiao, Q1
Rosenfeld, R1
Chen, Q1
Boone, T1
Simonet, WS1
Lacey, DL1
Goldberg, AL1
Han, HQ1
Vanchieri, C1
Mathew, SJ1
de Kretser, D1
Henrik-Heldin, C1
Havard, M1
Dautry, F1
Tchénio, T1
Caja, L1
Kahata, K1
Moustakas, A1
Fearon, KC1
Glass, DJ1
Guttridge, DC1
Antsiferova, M1
Shen, MM1
Naumnik, B1
Borawski, J1
Myśliwiec, M1
Gray, PC1
Vale, WW1
Robertson, DM2
Koinuma, D1
Imamura, T1
Miyazono, K1
Chen, YG1
Wang, Q1
Lin, SL1
Chang, CD1
Chuang, J1
Chung, J1
Ying, SY1
Tsuchida, K1
Nakatani, M1
Uezumi, A1
Murakami, T1
Matzuk, MM1
Kumar, TR1
Shou, W1
Coerver, KA1
Lau, AL1
Behringer, RR1
Finegold, MJ1
Harada, K1
Shintani, Y1
Sakamoto, Y1
Wakatsuki, M1
Shitsukawa, K1
Saito, S1
Bernard, DJ1
Chapman, SC1
Woodruff, TK1
Phillips, DJ1
Risbridger, GP1
Schmitt, JF1

Clinical Trials (2)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
An Open-Label Multiple Ascending Dose Phase 1/1B Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of STM 434, an Activin Type 2B Receptor Fc Fusion, Alone and in Combination With Liposomal Doxorubicin in Patients With Ovarian Cancer or Other Advanced Solid Tumor[NCT02262455]Phase 132 participants (Actual)Interventional2014-10-31Completed
The Investigation of the Mechanism of Cachexia Occurrence for Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer[NCT04594863]100 participants (Anticipated)Observational2020-11-01Not yet recruiting
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Reviews

20 reviews available for activins and Benign Neoplasms

ArticleYear
Activin-A in the regulation of immunity in health and disease.
    Journal of autoimmunity, 2019, Volume: 104

    Topics: Active Transport, Cell Nucleus; Activins; Animals; Autoimmune Diseases; Cell Nucleus; Dendritic Cell

2019
Activin A: an emerging target for improving cancer treatment?
    Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2020, Volume: 24, Issue:10

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Biomarkers, Tumor; Cachexia; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; Humans; Molecular Targete

2020
Wound Repair, Scar Formation, and Cancer: Converging on Activin.
    Trends in molecular medicine, 2020, Volume: 26, Issue:12

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Biomarkers; Cicatrix; Disease Susceptibility; Fibroblasts; Humans; Neoplasms; Wou

2020
Perspectives of small molecule inhibitors of activin receptor‑like kinase in anti‑tumor treatment and stem cell differentiation (Review).
    Molecular medicine reports, 2019, Volume: 19, Issue:6

    Topics: Activin Receptors; Activins; Animals; Cell Differentiation; Humans; Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Neoplasm

2019
[Role of Activin A and Myostatin in cancer cachexia].
    Annales d'endocrinologie, 2013, Volume: 74, Issue:2

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Cachexia; Humans; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Myostatin; Neoplasms

2013
Experimental and investigational therapies for chemotherapy-induced anemia.
    Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2015, Volume: 24, Issue:11

    Topics: Activins; Anemia; Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Disease Progression; Drug Design; Drugs, Investiga

2015
Immunoregulation by members of the TGFβ superfamily.
    Nature reviews. Immunology, 2016, 11-25, Volume: 16, Issue:12

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Gene Expression Regulation; Homeostasis; Humans; Imm

2016
TGF-β, Bone Morphogenetic Protein, and Activin Signaling and the Tumor Microenvironment.
    Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2017, May-01, Volume: 9, Issue:5

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Humans; Neoplasms; Signal Transduction; Transforming

2017
Context-dependent action of transforming growth factor β family members on normal and cancer stem cells.
    Current pharmaceutical design, 2012, Volume: 18, Issue:27

    Topics: Activins; Adult; Adult Stem Cells; Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Dise

2012
Cancer cachexia: mediators, signaling, and metabolic pathways.
    Cell metabolism, 2012, Aug-08, Volume: 16, Issue:2

    Topics: Activins; Cachexia; Humans; Interleukin-6; Lipolysis; Metabolic Networks and Pathways; Models, Biolo

2012
The bright and the dark sides of activin in wound healing and cancer.
    Journal of cell science, 2012, Sep-01, Volume: 125, Issue:Pt 17

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Cicatrix; Fibrosis; Humans; Neoplasms; Signal Transduction; Wound Healing

2012
Decrypting the role of Cripto in tumorigenesis.
    The Journal of clinical investigation, 2003, Volume: 112, Issue:4

    Topics: Activins; Amino Acid Motifs; Animals; Cell Division; Epidermal Growth Factor; GPI-Linked Proteins; H

2003
[Activin A-follistatin: new cytokines, new perspectives].
    Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej, 2003, Volume: 109, Issue:4

    Topics: Activins; Cytokines; Follistatin; Humans; Inhibin-beta Subunits; Kidney Diseases; Neoplasms

2003
Antagonists of activin signaling: mechanisms and potential biological applications.
    Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2005, Volume: 16, Issue:2

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Cachexia; Hormone Antagonists; Humans; Neoplasms; Signal Transduction; Wound Heal

2005
[TGF-beta family (TGF-beta, activin, BMP)].
    Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine, 2005, Volume: 63 Suppl 4

    Topics: Activins; Apoptosis; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Cell Differentiation; DNA-Binding Proteins; Fibros

2005
Activin signaling and its role in regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis.
    Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.), 2006, Volume: 231, Issue:5

    Topics: Activin Receptors; Activins; Apoptosis; Cell Differentiation; Cell Proliferation; Follistatin; Human

2006
Signal transduction pathway through activin receptors as a therapeutic target of musculoskeletal diseases and cancer.
    Endocrine journal, 2008, Volume: 55, Issue:1

    Topics: Activin Receptors; Activins; Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Drug Deliv

2008
Transgenic models to study the roles of inhibins and activins in reproduction, oncogenesis, and development.
    Recent progress in hormone research, 1996, Volume: 51

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Growth; Inhibins; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Mice, Transgenic; Models, Biological; Neo

1996
Mechanisms of inhibin signal transduction.
    Recent progress in hormone research, 2001, Volume: 56

    Topics: Activin Receptors; Activins; Animals; DNA, Complementary; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Gene

2001
Activins and inhibins in endocrine and other tumors.
    Endocrine reviews, 2001, Volume: 22, Issue:6

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Inhibins; Neoplasms; Signal Transduction; Tumor Suppre

2001

Other Studies

20 other studies available for activins and Benign Neoplasms

ArticleYear
Targeting activins and inhibins to treat reproductive disorders and cancer cachexia.
    The Journal of endocrinology, 2023, 07-01, Volume: 258, Issue:1

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Cachexia; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Humans; Inhibins; Mice; Neoplasms

2023
BRD9-mediated control of the TGF-β/Activin/Nodal pathway regulates self-renewal and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and progression of cancer cells.
    Nucleic acids research, 2023, Nov-27, Volume: 51, Issue:21

    Topics: Activins; Cell Cycle Proteins; Cell Differentiation; Embryonic Stem Cells; Human Embryonic Stem Cell

2023
Generation of reporter cell lines for factors inducing muscle wasting in cancer cachexia.
    Analytical biochemistry, 2020, 10-01, Volume: 606

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Cachexia; Cell Line, Transformed; Genes, Reporter; Green Fluorescent Proteins; Hu

2020
Circulating Activin A predicts survival in cancer patients.
    Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2017, Volume: 8, Issue:5

    Topics: Activins; Adipose Tissue; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomarkers, Tumor; Body Composition; Cache

2017
The Dynamics of TGF-β Signaling Are Dictated by Receptor Trafficking via the ESCRT Machinery.
    Cell reports, 2018, 11-13, Volume: 25, Issue:7

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; Cell Line; Down-Regulation; Endosomal Sorting Comple

2018
Serum biomarkers for predicting overall survival and early mortality in older patients with metastatic solid tumors.
    Journal of geriatric oncology, 2019, Volume: 10, Issue:5

    Topics: Activins; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antineoplastic Agents; Biliary Tract Neoplasms; Biomarkers; C-Rea

2019
ALK7 Signaling Manifests a Homeostatic Tissue Barrier That Is Abrogated during Tumorigenesis and Metastasis.
    Developmental cell, 2019, 05-06, Volume: 49, Issue:3

    Topics: Activin Receptors, Type I; Activins; Animals; Apoptosis; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinogenesis; Cell Line

2019
First-in-Human Phase I Study of the Activin A Inhibitor, STM 434, in Patients with Granulosa Cell Ovarian Cancer and Other Advanced Solid Tumors.
    Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2019, Sep-15, Volume: 25, Issue:18

    Topics: Activins; Antineoplastic Agents; Granulosa Cells; Humans; Maximum Tolerated Dose; Neoplasms; Ovarian

2019
TGFβ-mediated suppression of CD248 in non-cancer cells via canonical Smad-dependent signaling pathways is uncoupled in cancer cells.
    BMC cancer, 2014, Feb-20, Volume: 14

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Antigens, CD; Antigens, Neoplasm; Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; Cell Line, Tumor;

2014
Differential Effects of IL6 and Activin A in the Development of Cancer-Associated Cachexia.
    Cancer research, 2016, 09-15, Volume: 76, Issue:18

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Blotting, Western; Cachexia; Disease Models, Animal; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent

2016
Baicalin supplementation reduces serum biomarkers of skeletal muscle wasting and may protect against lean body mass reduction in cancer patients: Results from a pilot open-label study.
    Neuro endocrinology letters, 2016, Volume: 37, Issue:3

    Topics: Absorptiometry, Photon; Activins; Aged; Biomarkers; Body Weight; Cachexia; Endpoint Determination; F

2016
Activin inhibits telomerase activity in cancer.
    Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2009, Nov-27, Volume: 389, Issue:4

    Topics: Activins; Down-Regulation; HeLa Cells; Humans; Neoplasms; Recombinant Proteins; Telomerase; Tumor Su

2009
Integrative genomic analyses of CXCR4: transcriptional regulation of CXCR4 based on TGFbeta, Nodal, Activin signaling and POU5F1, FOXA2, FOXC2, FOXH1, SOX17, and GFI1 transcription factors.
    International journal of oncology, 2010, Volume: 36, Issue:2

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Base Sequence; Comparative Genomic Hybridization; Conserved Sequence; DNA-Binding

2010
Reversal of cancer cachexia and muscle wasting by ActRIIB antagonism leads to prolonged survival.
    Cell, 2010, Aug-20, Volume: 142, Issue:4

    Topics: Activin Receptors, Type II; Activins; Animals; Anorexia; Atrophy; Cachexia; Female; Humans; Inhibins

2010
Cachexia in cancer: is it treatable at the molecular level?
    Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2010, Nov-17, Volume: 102, Issue:22

    Topics: Activins; Cachexia; Humans; Muscle, Skeletal; Myostatin; Neoplasms; Receptors, Androgen

2010
InACTIVatINg cancer cachexia.
    Disease models & mechanisms, 2011, Volume: 4, Issue:3

    Topics: Activin Receptors, Type II; Activins; Animals; Cachexia; Disease Models, Animal; Humans; Mice; Muscl

2011
TGF-β down under 2011-the experts interviewed!
    Growth factors (Chur, Switzerland), 2011, Volume: 29, Issue:5

    Topics: Activins; Congresses as Topic; Follistatin; Humans; Inhibins; Neoplasms; Receptors, Transforming Gro

2011
A dormant state modulated by osmotic pressure controls clonogenicity of prostate cancer cells.
    The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011, Dec-23, Volume: 286, Issue:51

    Topics: Activins; Animals; Cell Cycle; Cell Line, Tumor; Culture Media, Conditioned; Humans; Male; Mice; Neo

2011
Serum immunoreactive activin A levels in normal subjects and patients with various diseases.
    The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 1996, Volume: 81, Issue:6

    Topics: Activins; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Endocrine System Diseases; Female; Growth Substance

1996
New developments in the biology of inhibins, activins and follistatins.
    Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2001, Volume: 12, Issue:3

    Topics: Activin Receptors; Activins; Animals; Cell Division; Female; Follistatin; Glycoproteins; Humans; Inf

2001