cancers Review Dual Role of TNF and LTα in Carcinogenesis as Implicated by Studies in Mice Ekaterina O. Gubernatorova 1,2,*, Almina I. Polinova 1,2, Mikhail M. Petropavlovskiy 1,2, Olga A. Namakanova 1,2, Alexandra D. Medvedovskaya 1,2, Ruslan V. Zvartsev 1,3, Georgij B. Telegin 4, Marina S. Drutskaya 1,3,* and Sergei A. Nedospasov 1,2,3,5,* 1 Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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[email protected] (S.A.N.) Simple Summary: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and its closely related cytokine, lymphotoxin alpha (LTα), are part of the TNF superfamily and exert their functions via both overlapping and non- Citation: Gubernatorova, E.O.; redundant signaling pathways. Reported pro- and antitumorigenic effects of TNF and lymphotoxin Polinova, A.I.; Petropavlovskiy, M.M.; are often context-dependent and may be contingent on a particular experimental approach, such Namakanova, O.A.; Medvedovskaya, as transplantable and chemically induced tumor models; tissue and organ specificity; types of cells A.D.; Zvartsev, R.V.; Telegin, G.B.; producing these cytokines or responding to them; and the genotype and genetic background of mice.