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SUBMITTER: Gong WJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6113506 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gong Wei-Jing WJ Liu Jun-Yan JY Yin Ji-Ye JY Cui Jia-Jia JJ Xiao Di D Zhuo Wei W Luo Chao C Liu Rui-Jie RJ Li Xi X Zhang Wei W Zhou Hong-Hao HH Liu Zhao-Qian ZQ
Cancer science 20180720 8
Metastasis is the main cause of lung cancer-related death. The tumor microenvironment greatly contributes to tumor metastasis. Resistin, mainly secreted by tumor-associated macrophages in tumor tissues, is a 12.5-kDa cysteine-rich secretory protein that is found at significantly higher levels in the serum or plasma of cancer patients compared with healthy controls. In this study, we explored the expression and role of resistin in lung adenocarcinoma. Our study showed that resistin was strongly e ...[more]