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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 14-20Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0394632015572745
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apoptosis; cancer; growth; metastasis; stanniocalcin
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Stanniocalcin (STC), first isolated from the corpuscles of stannius of teleost fishes, was originally known for its regulation on calcium/phosphate transport. Increasing evidence demonstrates that STCs display the important function in some physiological and pathological behaviors such as calcium regulation, oxidative stress, anti-inflammation, angiogenesis, ischemia reperfusion, nerve diseases, etc. Moreover, STCs are implicated in the development and progression of multiple malignancies through promoting cell growth, proliferation, invasion, metastasis, and apoptotic escape. Some studies have shown that NF-B upregulates STC expression, thereby activating the downstream HIF-1/ERK1/2 signaling pathway, enhancing the transcriptional activity of tumor-related factors (MMP-2/9, cyclinD1, Bcl-2, N-cadherin, etc) and contributing to tumorigenesis. Here, this brief review describes recent progress of STCs in mammalians, focused mainly on their critical functions in cancer.
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