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ArticleOncology letters2020

Exosomes derived from endoplasmic reticulum-stressed liver cancer cells enhance the expression of cytokines in macrophages via the STAT3 signaling pathway.

Chengqun He, Wei Hua, Jiatao Liu, Lulu Fan, Hua Wang, Guoping Sun

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Article in Oncology letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Exosome-based immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2025
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  14. Emerging role of exosomes in hematological malignancies.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023
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  18. Unfolded protein response and angiogenesis in malignancies.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer · 2023
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  20. Role of nano-hydrogels coated exosomes in bone tissue repair.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chengqun HeDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P.R. China.
Wei HuaDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P.R. China.
Jiatao LiuDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P.R. China.
Lulu FanDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P.R. China.
Hua WangDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P.R. China.
Guoping SunDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P.R. China.
Anhui Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress serves an important role in shaping the immunosuppressive microenvironment by modulating resident immune cells. However, the communication between ER-stressed tumor cells and immune cells is not fully understood. Exosomes have been reported to play a vital role in intercellular communication. Therefore, in order to investigate the role of ER stress-related exosomes in liver cancer cells mediated macrophage function remodeling, immunohistochemical analysis, western-blotting immunofluorescence and cytokine bead array analyses were performed. The results demonstrated that glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) expression was upregulated in human liver cancer tissue. Moreover, 69.09% of GRP78-positive liver cancer tissues possessed macrophages expressing CD68

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endoplasmic reticulum stressexosomeinflammationliver cancermacrophage

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