Journal
CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 457, Issue -, Pages 112-116Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2016.04.001
Keywords
Apelin; APJ; Cancer; Carcinoma; Vessels
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- Scientific Research Foundation of Henan University [2015YBZR053, 2015YBZR050]
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Apelin is an endogenous ligand of the apelin receptor (APJ), a seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor. Apelin/APJ system has a wide tissue distribution in the brain as well as in peripheral organs including heart, lung, vessels, and adipose tissue. Apelin/APJ was involved in regulating cardiac and vascular function, heart development, and vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. In this article, we summarize the role of apelin/APJ system on lung cancer, gastroesophageal and colonic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, prostate cancer, endometrial cancer, oral squamous cell carcinoma, brain cancer, and tumor neoangiogenesis. Apelin/APJ may be a potential anticancer therapeutic target. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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