TY - JOUR
T1 - Periostin
T2 - A novel prognostic and therapeutic target for genitourinary cancer?
AU - Nuzzo, Pier Vitale
AU - Buzzatti, Giulia
AU - Ricci, Francesco
AU - Rubagotti, Alessandra
AU - Argellati, Francesca
AU - Zinoli, Linda
AU - Boccardo, Francesco
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Many of the cellular abnormalities present in solid tumors are structural in nature and involve the proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Periostin is a protein produced and secreted by the fibroblasts as a component of the ECM where it is involved in regulating intercellular adhesion. The expression of periostin has an important physiological role during embryogenesis and growth, namely at the level of bone, dental, and cardiac tissues. Many studies indicate that periostin plays an important role for tumor progression in various types of cancer, such as colon, lung, head and neck, breast, ovarian, and prostate. To the best of our knowledge, a limited number of studies have investigated periostin expression in urogenital cancer, such as prostate, bladder, penile, and renal cancer, and no studies were performed in testis cancer. In this review article, we summarize the most recent knowledge of periostin, its genetic and protein structure, and the role of the different isoforms identified and sequenced so far. In particular, we focus our attention on the role of this protein in genitourinary tumors, trying to emphasize the role not only as a possible prognostic marker, but also as a possible target for the development of future anticancer therapies.
AB - Many of the cellular abnormalities present in solid tumors are structural in nature and involve the proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Periostin is a protein produced and secreted by the fibroblasts as a component of the ECM where it is involved in regulating intercellular adhesion. The expression of periostin has an important physiological role during embryogenesis and growth, namely at the level of bone, dental, and cardiac tissues. Many studies indicate that periostin plays an important role for tumor progression in various types of cancer, such as colon, lung, head and neck, breast, ovarian, and prostate. To the best of our knowledge, a limited number of studies have investigated periostin expression in urogenital cancer, such as prostate, bladder, penile, and renal cancer, and no studies were performed in testis cancer. In this review article, we summarize the most recent knowledge of periostin, its genetic and protein structure, and the role of the different isoforms identified and sequenced so far. In particular, we focus our attention on the role of this protein in genitourinary tumors, trying to emphasize the role not only as a possible prognostic marker, but also as a possible target for the development of future anticancer therapies.
KW - Biomarker
KW - Extracellular matrix protein
KW - Genitourinary tumors
KW - Isoform
KW - POSTN protein
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clgc.2014.02.005
DO - 10.1016/j.clgc.2014.02.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 24656869
AN - SCOPUS:84922668611
VL - 12
SP - 301
EP - 311
JO - Clinical Genitourinary Cancer
JF - Clinical Genitourinary Cancer
SN - 1558-7673
IS - 5
ER -