Abstract
Periostin, also called osteoblast-specific factor 2 (OSF-2), is a member of the fasciclin family and a disulfide-linked cell adhesion protein that has been shown to be expressed preferentially in the periosteum and periodontal ligaments, where it acts as a critical regulator of bone and tooth formation and maintenance. Furthermore, periostin plays an important role in cardiac development. Recent clinical evidence has also revealed that periostin is involved in the development of various tumors, such as breast, lung, colon, pancreatic, and ovarian cancers. Periostin interacts with multiple cell-surface receptors, most notably integrins, and signals mainly via the PI3-K/Akt and other pathways to promote cancer cell survival, epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), invasion, and metastasis. In this review, aspects related to the function of periostin in tumorigenesis are summarized.
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We apologize to those research groups whose work was not included in this review due to space limitation. We would like to thank the members of the Laboratory of Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology for fruitful discussions and constructive comments. This work was supported by grants from the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 30570935, 30871242), NCETXMU, and a Berkeley Scholar Fellowship to G.O.
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Ruan, K., Bao, S. & Ouyang, G. The multifaceted role of periostin in tumorigenesis. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 66, 2219–2230 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-009-0013-7
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