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SUBMITTER: Chen D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4342574 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Deyu D Li Wei W Liu Shenzha S Su Yuting Y Han Guohu G Xu Chenchen C Liu Hongli H Zheng Tingting T Zhou Yuepeng Y Mao Chaoming C
Scientific reports 20150227
As the eighth most common malignant tumour worldwide, oesophageal cancer (OC) is often diagnosed during the metastasis of its advanced stage. Interleukin (IL)-23 is an immunomodulatory cytokine that has recently been identified as a cancer-associated factor. However, the role of IL-23 in the evolution of OC remains unclear. In the present study, we found that IL-23 was significantly expressed in the tumours of OC patients suffering metastasis and demonstrated that IL-23 contributed to epithelial ...[more]