Targeting of growth factors in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: The potentials of polysaccharides (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Xuan Wang
    • Jieyu Ding
    • Yuanyuan Feng
    • Lingling Weng
    • Guangqiang Zhao
    • Jianfeng Xiang
    • Minguang Zhang
    • Dongwei Xing
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  • Published online on: January 17, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.5602
  • Pages: 1509-1517
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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.
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Wang X, Ding J, Feng Y, Weng L, Zhao G, Xiang J, Zhang M and Xing D: Targeting of growth factors in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: The potentials of polysaccharides (Review). Oncol Lett 13: 1509-1517, 2017
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Wang, X., Ding, J., Feng, Y., Weng, L., Zhao, G., Xiang, J. ... Xing, D. (2017). Targeting of growth factors in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: The potentials of polysaccharides (Review). Oncology Letters, 13, 1509-1517. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.5602
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Wang, X., Ding, J., Feng, Y., Weng, L., Zhao, G., Xiang, J., Zhang, M., Xing, D."Targeting of growth factors in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: The potentials of polysaccharides (Review)". Oncology Letters 13.3 (2017): 1509-1517.
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Wang, X., Ding, J., Feng, Y., Weng, L., Zhao, G., Xiang, J., Zhang, M., Xing, D."Targeting of growth factors in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: The potentials of polysaccharides (Review)". Oncology Letters 13, no. 3 (2017): 1509-1517. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.5602