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ArticlePathology oncology research : POR2023

Cancer apelin receptor suppresses vascular mimicry in malignant melanoma.

Koichi Inukai, Kazuyoshi Kise, Yumiko Hayashi, Weizhen Jia, Fumitaka Muramatsu, Naoki Okamoto, Hirotaka Konishi, Keigo Akuta, Hiroyasu Kidoya, Nobuyuki Takakura

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Article in Pathology oncology research : POR, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Apelinergic System in Kidney Disease: Novel Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Koichi InukaiDepartment of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Kazuyoshi KiseDepartment of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Yumiko HayashiDepartment of Integrative Vascular Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
Weizhen JiaDepartment of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Fumitaka MuramatsuDepartment of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Naoki OkamotoDepartment of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Hirotaka KonishiDepartment of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Keigo AkutaDepartment of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
Hiroyasu KidoyaDepartment of Integrative Vascular Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
Nobuyuki TakakuraDepartment of Signal Transduction, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
The University of Osaka · JPUniversity of Fukui · JPShiga Medical Center for Children · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several reports indicate that apelin is often over-expressed in tumors, and therefore it has been suggested that the apelin-apelin receptor (APJ) system may induce tumor progression. In contrast, our previous research revealed high expression of the apelin-APJ system in tumor blood vessels, suggesting its involvement in the regulation of tumor vessel formation and normalization, resulting in the suppression of tumor growth by promoting the infiltration of T cells. Thus, the effect of the apelin-APJ system on tumors remains controversial. In this report, to clarify the effect of apelin in tumor cells, we analyzed the function of APJ in tumor cells using APJ knock out (KO) mice. In APJ-KO mice, Apelin overexpression in B16/BL6 (B16) melanoma cells induced greater tumor growth than controls. In an APJ-KO melanoma inoculation model, although angiogenesis is suppressed compared to wild type, no difference is evident in tumor growth. We found that APJ deficiency promoted vascular mimicry in tumors.

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ApelinApelin ReceptorsMelanomaAnimalsCutaneous Malignant MelanomaMiceApelinApelin ReceptorsAplnr protein, mouseapelinapelin receptorepithelial-mesenchymal transitionmelanomaneovascularization

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PMID36776217
PMCPMC9912982
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