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ArticleScientific reports2022

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition inhibition by metformin reduces melanoma lung metastasis in a murine model.

Emerson Soares Veloso, Bárbara Andrade de Carvalho, Felipe Henrique de Souza Silva, Thaís Salviana Ribeiro, Bruna Mendes Lima, Camila Pereira Almeida, Vítor Henrique Soares Romão da Silva, Sara Aparecida Rocha, Marina Rios de Araújo Campos, Helen Lima Del Puerto and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emerson Soares VelosoDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Bárbara Andrade de CarvalhoDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Felipe Henrique de Souza SilvaDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Thaís Salviana RibeiroDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Bruna Mendes LimaDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Camila Pereira AlmeidaDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Vítor Henrique Soares Romão da SilvaDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Sara Aparecida RochaDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Marina Rios de Araújo CamposDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Helen Lima Del PuertoDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil.
Enio FerreiraDepartment of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil. enioferreira@icb.ufmg.br.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma is an aggressive cancer with fast metastatic spread and reduced survival time. One common event during the neoplastic progression is the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which enhances invasiveness, cell migration, and metastasis. In this study, we investigated the effects of metformin at EMT in melanoma cell lines B16-F10 and A-375, in vitro, and the impact of EMT downregulation on melanoma progression in vivo. The metformin cells treatment reduces the migration potential in vitro and reduced the development of pulmonary metastases and the expressions of N-cadherin, vimentin, ZEB1, and ZEB2 at the metastases site, in vivo. These results indicate that metformin can promote EMT downregulation impairing the metastatic potential of melanoma cells.

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Lung NeoplasmsMelanomaMetforminAnimalsCadherinsCell Line, TumorCell MovementDisease Models, AnimalEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansMiceNeoplasm InvasivenessVimentinCadherinsMetforminVimentin

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PMID36273071
PMCPMC9588059
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