ArticleOncology letters2017
Krüppel-like factor 8 induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and promotes invasion of pancreatic cancer cells through transcriptional activation of four and a half LIM-only protein 2.
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- The level of Krüppel-like factor 8 expression predicts prognosis and metastasis in various carcinomas.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- KLF family of proteins in gastrointestinal tumors (Review).Oncology letters · 2026Review
- High level of FHL2 exacerbates the outcome of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and the malignant phenotype in NSCLC cells.International journal of experimental pathology · 2022Article
- Impact of Treadmill Interval Running on the Appearance of Zinc Finger Protein FHL2 in Bone Marrow Cells in a Rat Model: A Pilot Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and its transcription factors.Bioscience reports · 2022Review
- miR-24-3p/KLF8 Signaling Axis Contributes to LUAD Metastasis by Regulating EMT.Journal of immunology research · 2020Article
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- KLF8 is associated with poor prognosis and regulates glycolysis by targeting GLUT4 in gastric cancer.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2019Article
- Bioselection Reveals miR-99b and miR-485 as Enhancers of Adenoviral Oncolysis in Pancreatic Cancer.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2019Article
- microRNA-32-5p targets KLF2 to promote gastric cancer by activating PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.American journal of translational research · 2019Article
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Abstract
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most aggressive types of cancer with an extremely poor prognosis. Invasive growth and early metastasis is one of the greatest challenges to overcome for the treatment of PC. Numerous previous studies have indicated that the transcription factor Krüppel-like factor 8 (KLF8) and nuclear cofactor four and a half LIM-only protein 2 (FHL2) serve important roles in tumorigenesis and tumor progression; however, their roles in PC remain elusive. The present study revealed that KLF8 and FHL2 expression is aberrantly co-overexpressed in PC tissue samples and associated with tumor metastasis. Furthermore, a positive correlation between the expression levels of KLF8 and FHL2 was observed. Subsequently, the present study identified KLF8 as a critical inducer of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and invasion. Of note, the present study demonstrated that KLF8 overexpression induced a strong increase in FHL2 expression, and subsequent promoter reporter assays determined that KLF8 directly bound and activated the FHL2 gene promoter. Furthermore, FHL2 knockdown in KLF8-overexpressing cells partially reversed the EMT and invasive phenotypes. The present study identified KLF8-induced FHL2 activation as a novel and critical signaling mechanism underlying human PC invasion.
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