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Oncol Lett. 2017 Mar;13(3):1509-1517. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.5602. Epub 2017 Jan 17.

Targeting of growth factors in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: The potentials of polysaccharides.

Oncology letters

Xuan Wang, Jieyu Ding, Yuanyuan Feng, Lingling Weng, Guangqiang Zhao, Jianfeng Xiang, Minguang Zhang, Dongwei Xing

Affiliations

  1. Radiology Department, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200071, P.R. China.
  2. Oncology Department, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200021, P.R. China.

PMID: 28454283 PMCID: PMC5403668 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.5602

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has become a leading cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide and is thus of great concern. Although various chemotherapeutic drugs are currently used for the treatment of HCC, severe side effects associated with these treatments have prompted interest in novel therapies, including the use of certain biological macromolecules such as polysaccharides. Several studies have shown that polysaccharides have anticancer and antiproliferative effects on HCC. Vascular endothelial growth factor, transforming growth factor β, epidermal growth factor and fibroblast growth factor may be effective targets for polysaccharides and may modulate tumor growth and immunity through increasing the expression levels of cytokines. The present review focuses on the ways in which growth factors contribute to the development of HCC, and on the anti-growth factor activities of natural and synthetic polysaccharides, as well as their effect on proinflammatory cytokines.

Keywords: growth factors; hepatocellular carcinoma; polysaccharides

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