| Literature DB >> 29434888 |
Guoan Zhang1, Xia Kong2, Meng Wang3, Hongli Zhao4, Sha Han5, Ronghang Hu6, Jian Huang7, Wen Cui1.
Abstract
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a common cancer in China and certain other parts of the world with a dismal prognosis for affected patients. AXL is a member of the TYRO3-AXL-MER family of receptor tyrosine kinases, and has been revealed to be an important mediator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in several types of cancer. However, to the best of our knowledge, its function in EMT in ESCC cells has not yet been examined. The present study employed two independent ESCC mRNA profile datasets and revealed that AXL is associated with several EMT markers. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis indicated that EMT occurs more in ESCC with high AXL expression. Analysis on another dataset demonstrated further that increased expression of AXL in ESCC is associated with increased migratory ability. Collectively, the results of the present study provide evidence that AXL is a marker for EMT in ESCC.Entities:
Keywords: AXL; epithelial-mesenchymal transition; esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Year: 2017 PMID: 29434888 PMCID: PMC5774429 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.7443
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oncol Lett ISSN: 1792-1074 Impact factor: 2.967