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SUBMITTER: Hirose Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6050292 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hirose Yuki Y Nagahashi Masayuki M Katsuta Eriko E Yuza Kizuki K Miura Kohei K Sakata Jun J Kobayashi Takashi T Ichikawa Hiroshi H Shimada Yoshifumi Y Kameyama Hitoshi H McDonald Kerry-Ann KA Takabe Kazuaki K Wakai Toshifumi T
Scientific reports 20180717 1
Lymphatic metastasis is known to contribute to worse prognosis of biliary tract cancer (BTC). Recently, sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), a bioactive lipid mediator generated by sphingosine kinase 1 (SPHK1), has been shown to play an important role in lymphangiogenesis and lymph node metastasis in several types of cancer. However, the role of the lipid mediator in BTC has never been examined. Here we found that S1P is elevated in BTC with the activation of ceramide-synthetic pathways, suggesting th ...[more]