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Enhanced invasion of lung adenocarcinoma cells after co-culture with THP-1-derived macrophages via the induction of EMT by IL-6.
Immunology letters - 1 Jul 2014
Dehai Che, Bo Pan, Qiang Tian, Lihua Shang, Fang Liu, Shi Jin, Jingyan Cao, Yan Yu, Guangbin Wang, Zhenjun Yuan
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, and the cause of death is metastasis. The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a key role in the process of metastasis. Macrophages within the lung cancer microenvironment release cytokines, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6),...
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