ArticleCell death & disease2019
Response gene to complement 32 expression in macrophages augments paracrine stimulation-mediated colon cancer progression.
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- PRSS23 functions downstream of ZEB1 to promote esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression by driving M2 polarization of tumor associated macrophages.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2026Article
- Response Gene to Complement 32 is associated with poor patient survival and an inflamed tumor-immune microenvironment in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.Translational oncology · 2025Article
- Response gene to complement 32 promotes tumorigenesis by mediating DNA damage repair and inhibits CD8+ T cells infiltration in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Response Gene to Complement 32 promotes cell proliferation and tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer via elevated FoxM1 expression.PloS one · 2025Article
- Metformin Inhibits the Progression of Pancreatic Cancer Through Regulating miR-378a-3p/VEGFA/RGC-32 Axis.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Nanomaterials modulate tumor-associated macrophages for the treatment of digestive system tumors.Bioactive materials · 2024Review
- Macrophage's role in solid tumors: two edges of a sword.Cancer cell international · 2023Article
- A Novel Prognostic Signature of comprising Nine NK Cell signatures Based on Both Bulk RNA Sequencing and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Journal of Cancer · 2023Article
- TGF-β Signaling in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC): From Underlying Mechanism to Potential Applications in Clinical Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Therapeutic Approaches Targeting Proteins in Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Their Applications in Cancers.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- Role of RGC-32 in multiple sclerosis and neuroinflammation - few answers and many questions.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAMs) in Colorectal Cancer (CRC): From Mechanism to Therapy and Prognosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- The Inflammatory Profile of the Tumor Microenvironment, Orchestrated by Cyclooxygenase-2, Promotes Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Review
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Abstract
M2-polarized tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) play an important role in tumor progression. It has been reported that response gene to complement 32 (RGC-32) promotes M2 macrophage polarization. However, whether RGC-32 expression in macrophages could play a potential role in tumor progression remain unclear. Here we identified that increasing RGC-32 expression in colon cancer and tumor associated macrophages was positively correlated with cancer progression. In vitro studies confirmed that colon cancer cells upregulated RGC-32 expression of macrophages via secreting TGF-β1. RGC-32 expression promoted macrophage migration. In addition, stimulation of HCT-116 cells with the condition mediums of RGC-32-silienced or over-expressed macrophages affected tumor cell colony formation and migration via altered COX-2 expression. In an animal model, macrophages with RGC-32 knockdown significantly decreased the expression of COX-2 and Ki67 in the xenografts, and partly inhibited tumor growth. Together, our results provide the evidences for a critical role of TGF-β1/RGC-32 pathway in TAMs and colon cancer cells during tumor progression.
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