1. CD109 promotes the tumorigenic ability and metastatic motility of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells.
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Hatsuzawa Y, Yamaguchi K, Takanashi T, Sato I, Tamai K, Mochizuki M, Iwai W, Wakui Y, Abue M, Yamamoto K, Yasuda J, Mizuma M, Unno M, and Sugamura K
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- Animals, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Movement genetics, Female, GPI-Linked Proteins genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic genetics, Humans, Male, Mice, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Metastasis genetics, Neoplasm Metastasis pathology, RNA, Small Interfering pharmacology, Wound Healing, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Antigens, CD genetics, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal genetics, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal pathology, Neoplasm Proteins genetics, Pancreatic Neoplasms genetics, Pancreatic Neoplasms pathology
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Background: Accumulating evidence indicates that CD109, a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein, is highly expressed in human epithelial carcinomas of multiple organs including the pancreas, but its functional role in carcinoma development has not yet been fully clarified. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of CD109 in the malignancy of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)., Methods: PDAC specimens of 145 cases were immunostained for CD109, and correlations between CD109 expression and clinicopathological conditions were analyzed. CD109 expression in PANC-1 cells, a PDAC-derived cell line, was decreased by siRNA or shRNA and its effect on the malignancy of PANC-1 cells was examined., Results: Suppression of CD109 expression in PANC-1 cells resulted in reduction of in vitro cell motility and tumorigenicity in xenografts. Based on these results, we investigated the relationship between CD109 expression and metastasis of PDAC using tumor tissue specimens. Among 106 recurrent cases of 145 PDAC, there was a tendency for CD109-positive cases to be accompanied by distant metastasis., Conclusions: CD109 plays a critical role in the promotion of tumorigenic ability and cellular motility relating to metastasis of PDAC cells., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2020 IAP and EPC. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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