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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2019

A C-X-C Chemokine Receptor Type 2-Dominated Cross-talk between Tumor Cells and Macrophages Drives Gastric Cancer Metastasis.

Zhijun Zhou, Guanggai Xia, Zhen Xiang, Mingyang Liu, Zhewei Wei, Jie Yan, Wei Chen, Jintao Zhu, Niranjan Awasthi, Xiaotian Sun and 4 more

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Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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75citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhijun Zhou *Center for Digestive Disease, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Guanggai Xia *Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zhen Xiang *Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Mingyang Liu *Department of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Zhewei WeiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jie YanDepartment of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Wei ChenCenter for Digestive Disease, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Jintao ZhuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Niranjan AwasthiIndiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, and IU Health Goshen Center for Cancer Care, Goshen, Indiana.
Xiaotian SunDepartment of Internal Medicine, Clinic of August First Film Studio, Beijing, China.
Kar-Ming FungDepartment of Pathology, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Yulong HeCenter for Digestive Disease, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. zhchangh@mail.sysu.edu.cn Min-Li@ouhsc.edu heyulong@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Min LiDepartment of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. zhchangh@mail.sysu.edu.cn Min-Li@ouhsc.edu heyulong@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Changhua ZhangCenter for Digestive Disease, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. zhchangh@mail.sysu.edu.cn Min-Li@ouhsc.edu heyulong@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · USBeijing Film Academy · CNGoshen Health · US

Funding

Tissue Pathology Shared ResourceP30CA225520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI Michael S. Businelle · 2018 to 2026
$27.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA225520
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeC-X-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CXCR2) is a key regulator that drives immune suppression and inflammation in tumor microenvironment. CXCR2-targeted therapy has shown promising results in several solid tumors. However, the underlying mechanism of CXCR2-mediated cross-talk between gastric cancer cells and macrophages still remains unclear.

resultsCXCR2 expression is associated with the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer (

conclusionsOur study suggested a previously uncharacterized mechanism through which gastric cancer cells interact with macrophages to promote tumor growth and metastasis, suggesting that CXCR2 may serve as a promising therapeutic target to treat gastric cancer.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationSignal TransductionAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementChemokine CXCL1Chemokine CXCL5Coculture TechniquesDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionGene ExpressionHumansMacrophagesMiceModels, BiologicalNeoplasm MetastasisChemokine CXCL1Chemokine CXCL5CXCL1 protein, humanCXCL5 protein, humanCXCR2 protein, humanReceptors, Interleukin-8BSTAT3 protein, humanSTAT3 Transcription Factor

Identifiers

PMID30796034
PMCPMC8955044
OpenAlexW2915654698

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