ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2018
VEGF-C/Flt-4 axis in tumor cells contributes to the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma via upregulating VEGF-C itself and contactin-1 in an autocrine manner.
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- Propofol induces apoptosis and ameliorates 5‑fluorouracil resistance in OSCC cells by reducing the expression and secretion of amphiregulin.Molecular medicine reports · 2022Article
- Lentivirus-mediated silencing of CNTN1 enhances gefitinib sensitivity by reversing epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells.Oncology letters · 2021Article
- Comparison of Androgen Receptor, VEGF, HIF-1, Ki67 and MMP9 Expression between Non-Metastatic and Metastatic Stages in Stromal and Tumor Cells of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- Thrombosis Risk Associated with Head and Neck Cancer: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
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Abstract
Tumor cell-derived vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C has been primarily implicated in promoting lymphangiogenesis by activating Flt-4 (VEGFR-3) expressed on lymphatic endothelial cells via a paracrine mechanism. Flt4 has also been shown to be expressed selectively in subsets of cancer cells. However, little is known about the functional role of VEGF-C/Flt4 signaling via an autocrine mechanism, as well as the clinicopathological implication of the VEGF-C/Flt4 axis and its downstream effector molecules, in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). In the present study, we detected Flt-4 expression selectively in several HNSCC cell lines by quantitative PCR, and its internalization reflecting receptor activation was confirmed by immunocytochemistry in SAS and HO1U1 cells. Flt-4 stimulation upregulated the expression of contactin-1 (CNTN-1, a neural cell adhesion molecule) and VEGF-C itself in SAS cells, while Flt-4 inhibition downregulated the expression of CNTN-1 in both SAS and HO1U1 cells and that of VEGF-C itself in SAS cells.
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