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ArticleOncotarget2017

Upregulation of CFTR in patients with endometriosis and its involvement in NFκB-uPAR dependent cell migration.

Wenqing Huang, Aihong Jin, Jieting Zhang, Chaoqun Wang, Lai Ling Tsang, Zhiming Cai, Xiaping Zhou, Hao Chen, Hsiao Chang Chan

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wenqing Huang *Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, PR China.
Aihong Jin *Department of Gynecology, The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, PR China.
Jieting Zhang *Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, PR China.
Chaoqun WangEpithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, PR China.
Lai Ling TsangEpithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, PR China.
Zhiming CaiDepartment of Gynecology, The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, PR China.
Xiaping ZhouDepartment of Gynecology, The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, PR China.
Hao ChenEpithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, PR China.
Hsiao Chang ChanEpithelial Cell Biology Research Center, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, PR China.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · CNShenzhen Second People's Hospital · CNGuangdong University of Technology · CNSichuan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometriotic tissues exhibit high migration ability with the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Our previous studies have demonstrated that cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) acts as a tumor suppressor regulating cell migration. In the present study, we explored whether CFTR plays a role in the development of human endometriosis. We found that both mRNA and protein expression levels of CFTR and urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) were significantly increased in ectopic endometrial tissues from patients with endometriosis compared to normal endometrial tissues from women without endometriosis and positively correlated. In human endometrial Ishikawa (ISK) cells, overexpression of CFTR stimulated cell migration with upregulated NFκB p65 and uPAR. Knockdown of CFTR inhibited cell migration. Furthermore, inhibition of NFκB with its inhibitors (curcumin or Bay) significantly reduced the expression of uPAR and cell migration in the CFTR-overexpressing ISK cells. Collectively, the present results suggest that the CFTR-NFκB-uPAR signaling may contribute to the progression of human endometriosis, and indicate potential targets for diagnosis and treatment.

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cell migrationCFTRendometriosisNFκB signalinguPAR

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PMID28978008
PMCPMC5620148
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