Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10899912 | Cancer Letters | 2013 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
In this study, we examined the effects of hypoxia on the malignancy of human malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cell lines, and found (1) hypoxia enhanced motility and invasiveness of human malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cells; (2) this phenomenon resulted from increased expression of sialylated MUC1 through the activation of HIF-1 pathway; (3) two HIF-binding sites located in the promoter region of MUC1 were important for MUC1 transactivation under hypoxia. These findings are useful for better understanding molecular mechanisms of aggressive behavior of MPM cells and for targeting them in the clinical therapies for MPM patients.
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Authors
Houman Goudarzi, Hisashi Iizasa, Masako Furuhashi, Seitaro Nakazawa, Rie Nakane, Shanshan Liang, Yasuhiro Hida, Kazuyoshi Yanagihara, Takanori Kubo, Koji Nakagawa, Masanobu Kobayashi, Tatsuro Irimura, Jun-ichi Hamada,