Trial reportEuropean journal of histochemistry : EJH2014
MMP-7 is upregulated by COX-2 and promotes proliferation and invasion of lung adenocarcinoma cells.
Trial report in European journal of histochemistry : EJH, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Investigating the role of oncogenic FAM83A as a prognostic biomarker in lung adenocarcinoma: Insights from smoker and non-smoker cohorts.Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 2025Article
- Correlation and significance of COX-2, Ki67, VEGF and other immune indexes with the growth of malignant pulmonary nodules.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2022Article
- A Comprehensive Pan-Cancer Analysis of the Tumorigenic Role of Matrix Metallopeptidase 7 (MMP7) Across Human Cancers.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Immunotherapy in endometrial cancer: rationale, practice and perspectives.Biomarker research · 2021Review
- Cyclooxygenase-2 and β-Catenin as Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers in Endometrial Cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Article
- Role of PI3K/Akt pathway in Benzidine-induced proliferation in SV-40 immortalized human uroepithelial cell.Translational cancer research · 2019Article
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- Upregulation of KIN17 is associated with non-small cell lung cancer invasiveness.Oncology letters · 2017Article
- NanoVelcro-captured CTC number concomitant with enhanced serum levels of MMP7 and MMP9 enables accurate prediction of metastasis and poor prognosis in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.International journal of nanomedicine · 2017Article
- Is there still room for novelty, in histochemical papers?European journal of histochemistry : EJH · 2016Review
- Histochemistry in biology and medicine: a message from the citing journals.European journal of histochemistry : EJH · 2015Review
- Roles of osteopontin and matrix metalloproteinase-7 in occurrence, progression, and prognosis of nonsmall cell lung cancer.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2015Article
- Toll-like receptor 4 expression in the epithelium of inflammatory periapical lesions. An immunohistochemical study.European journal of histochemistry : EJH · 2015Article
- Effect ofExperimental and therapeutic medicine · 2015Article
- Impact of Histochemistry on biomedical research: looking through the articles published in a long-established histochemical journal.European journal of histochemistry : EJH · 2014Article
- COX-2 overexpression and -8473 T/C polymorphism in 3' UTR in non-small cell lung cancer.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014Article
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- Erratum issued
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been implicated in a variety of pathophysiological conditions, of which MMP-7 is expressed by tumor cells of epithelial and mesenchymal origin. However, the function of MMP-7 in human lung adenocarcinoma (LAC) is unclear. In the present study the expression of MMP-7 in LAC was examined by immunohistochemical assay using a tissue microarray procedure. A loss-of-function experiment was performed to explore the effects and molecular mechanisms of lentiviral vector-mediated MMP-7 siRNA (siMMP-7) on cell proliferation and invasive potential in LAC A549 cells, measured by MTT and Transwell assays, respectively. It was found that, the expression of MMP-7 protein in LAC was significantly increased compared with that in adjacent non-cancerous tissues (ANCT) (76.0% vs 44.0%, P<0.001), and positively correlated with lymph node metastases of the tumor (P=0.014). Furthermore, targeted inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) by siRNA downregulated the expression of MMP-7 and inhibited invasion of LAC cells, and knockdown of MMP-7 suppressed tumor proliferation and invasion in LAC cells. Taken together, our findings indicate that increased expression of MMP-7 is associated with lymph node metastasis and upregulated by COX-2, and promotes the tumorigenesis of LAC, suggesting that MMP-7 may be a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer.
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