Overexpression of macrophage stimulating 1 enhances the anti-tumor effects of IL-24 in esophageal cancer via inhibiting ERK-Mfn2 signaling-dependent mitophagy.
In conclusion, the present results indicate that the antiproliferative effect of eupatilin on esophageal cancer TE1 cells is associated with inhibition of the Akt and ERK pathways.
These results indicated that miR-133a could inhibit the MEK/ERK pathway to promote cell apoptosis and enhance radio-sensitivity by targeting EGFR in EC..
Altered p38 MAPK expression was associated with poor outcome in patients with esophageal cancer. p38 may be a potential biomarker for the prediction of depressive symptoms and prognosis in patients with esophageal cancer.
Our findings depict the presence of activated ERK despite the low frequency of upstream alterations, implicating ERK activation in the acquisition of a more aggressive phenotype in esophageal cancer.
Sphingosine kinases and sphingosine-1-phosphate are critical for transforming growth factor beta-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 activation and promotion of migration and invasion of esophageal cancer cells.
Our observations suggest that N116Y reduces growth of human esophageal cancer cells and suppresses the activation of Erk2; they also indicate that N116Y is a potential candidate gene for human esophageal cancer gene therapy.