“…Despite lack of precise knowledge about PLD regulation, a great deal of evidence indicates that mammalian PLDs have a role in signal transduction (Frohman and Morris, 1996;Hammond et al, 1995). Phospholipase D is activated after stimulation with growth factors (Ben-Av and Liscovitch, 1989;Kiss, 1992), hormones (Freeman and Tallant, 1994; Kiss et al, 1991;Liscovitch and Amsterdam, 1989;Qian and Drewes, 1989) and phorbol esters (del Peso et al, 1996(del Peso et al, , 1997Huang and Cabot, 1990). PLD added exogenously to cells has mitogenic activity, and its activation has been implicated in the transduction of several stimuli and the regulation of diverse biological processes including cell growth and metastasis (Bonser et al, 1989;Carnero and Lacal, 1995;Imamura, et al, 1993;Kondo et al, 1992;Liscovitch and Amsterdam, 1989).…”