Hypoxia Induces Tumor Aggressiveness and the Expansion of CD133-Positive Cells in a Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α-Dependent Manner in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Author(s) -
Okito Hashimoto,
Kazuya Shimizu,
Shuho Semba,
Sachie Chiba,
Yonson Ku,
Hiroshi Yokozaki,
Yuichi Hori
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pathobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1423-0291
pISSN - 1015-2008
DOI - 10.1159/000325538
Subject(s) - hypoxia (environmental) , metastasis , pancreatic cancer , cancer research , cancer cell , cxcr4 , transfection , biology , cancer stem cell , cell culture , tumor hypoxia , cancer , stem cell , immunology , chemistry , medicine , chemokine , microbiology and biotechnology , immune system , radiation therapy , genetics , organic chemistry , oxygen
Intratumoral hypoxia is known to lead to increased aggressiveness and distant metastasis. However, the interplay underlying these actions is still unknown.
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