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SUBMITTER: Yang SF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2943269 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Shun-Fa SF Chen Mu-Kuan MK Hsieh Yih-Shou YS Chung Tsung-Te TT Hsieh Yi-Hsien YH Lin Chiao-Wen CW Su Jen-Liang JL Tsai Ming-Hsui MH Tang Chih-Hsin CH
The Journal of biological chemistry 20100720 39
Oral squamous cell carcinoma has a striking tendency to migrate and metastasize. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, the inducible isoform of prostaglandin (PG) synthase, has been implicated in tumor metastasis. However, the effects of COX-2 on human oral cancer cells are largely unknown. We found that overexpression of COX-2 or exogenous PGE(2) increased migration and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM)-1 expression in human oral cancer cells. Using pharmacological inhibitors, activators, and genetic ...[more]