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ArticleOncotarget2015

MET receptor is a potential therapeutic target in high grade cervical cancer.

Katarzyna Miekus, Marta Pawlowska, Małgorzata Sekuła, Grazyna Drabik, Zbigniew Madeja, Dariusz Adamek, Marcin Majka

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Article in Oncotarget, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katarzyna MiekusDepartment of General Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
Marta PawlowskaDepartment of Transplantation, Polish-American Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland.
Małgorzata SekułaDepartment of Transplantation, Polish-American Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland.
Grazyna DrabikDepartment of Transplantation, Polish-American Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland.
Zbigniew MadejaDepartment of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
Dariusz AdamekDepartment of Pathomorphology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland.
Marcin MajkaDepartment of Transplantation, Polish-American Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland.
Jagiellonian University · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women suffering from tumors. Current treatment options are insufficient. Here, we investigated the MET receptor as a potential molecular target in advanced cervical cancer. Downregulation of MET receptor expression via RNA interference in different cervical carcinoma cell lines dramatically decreased tumor growth and forced tumor differentiation in vivo. MET receptor silencing also led to a dramatic decrease in cell size and a decrease in proliferation rate under normal and stress conditions. MET receptor downregulation also resulted in decreased cyclin D1 and c-myc levels but did not increase apoptosis. Subsequent experiments showed that downregulation of the MET receptor decreased the expression of a key regulator of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, SLUG. and increased the expression of E-cadherin, a hallmark of the epithelial phenotype. Moreover, MET downregulation impairs expression and signaling of CXCR4 receptor, responsible for invasive phenotype. Taken together, our results strongly suggest that the MET receptor influences the oncogenic properties of cervical carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo. These findings highlight a unique role of the MET receptor in cervical carcinoma cells and indicate the MET receptor as a potential therapeutic target for advanced cervical carcinoma.

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AnimalsApoptosisCadherinsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorDown-RegulationFemaleHeLa CellsHeterograftsHumansImmunohistochemistryMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasm GradingCadherinsCXCR4 protein, humanMET protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-metReceptors, CXCR4cervical cancerCXCR4differentiationE-cadherinMET

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PMID25888626
PMCPMC4496342
OpenAlexW1932886553

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