PMID- 27358858 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160630 LR - 20200930 IS - 2306-9759 (Print) IS - 2313-0792 (Electronic) IS - 2306-9759 (Linking) VI - 1 DP - 2014 TI - TNF-alpha, a good or bad factor in hematological diseases? PG - 12 LID - 10.3978/j.issn.2306-9759.2014.04.02 [doi] LID - 12 AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a highly pleiotropic cytokine involved in a spectrum of physiological processes that control inflammation, anti-tumor responses and homeostasis through two receptors, TNF-R1 and TNF-R2. In general, TNF-R1 mediates cytotoxicity, resistance to infection and stimulation of NF-kappaB. By contrast, TNF-R2 has been implicated in proliferation of T-cell line, thymocytes and human mononuclear cells. Hematological malignancies are the types of cancer that affect normal hematopoiesis, have a speedy development, high lethal rate and until now still have no effective treatment. Several studies have shown that inflammatory cytokines play an important role in the onset and progress of these diseases. In this review, we summarize the recent studies and evaluate the positive or negative role of TNF-alpha in some hematological malignancies or diseases with a malignant tendency. FAU - Tian, Tian AU - Tian T AD - Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China. FAU - Wang, Min AU - Wang M AD - Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China. FAU - Ma, Daoxin AU - Ma D AD - Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20140601 PL - China TA - Stem Cell Investig JT - Stem cell investigation JID - 101672113 PMC - PMC4923506 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) OT - hematological diseases COIS- Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2014/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 2014/01/01 00:01 PMCR- 2014/06/01 CRDT- 2016/07/01 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/04/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 2014/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - sci-01-2014.04.02 [pii] AID - 10.3978/j.issn.2306-9759.2014.04.02 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Stem Cell Investig. 2014 Jun 1;1:12. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2306-9759.2014.04.02. eCollection 2014.