E-cigarette promotes breast carcinoma progression and lung metastasis: Macrophage-tumor cells crosstalk and the role of CCL5 and VCAM-1
Pham K, Huynh D, Le L, Delitto D, Yang L, Huang J, Kang Y, Steinberg MB, Li J, Zhang L, Liu D, Tang MS, Liu C, Wang H. E-cigarette promotes breast carcinoma progression and lung metastasis: Macrophage-tumor cells crosstalk and the role of CCL5 and VCAM-1. Cancer Letters 2020, 491: 132-145. PMID: 32829009, PMCID: PMC9703643, DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBC cell growthCig exposureLung metastasesBreast cancerVCAM-1V-CAM-1Role of CCL5Upregulated protein expressionBC cell survivalE-cig exposurePro-tumorigenic factorsBC cell apoptosisBreast carcinoma progressionMetastatic lung colonizationCCR5 axisMFP tumorsTAMs infiltrationInfiltrated macrophagesCell growthCo-culture systemImmunohistochemical stainsCell crosstalkBC cellsBC growthProliferation indexElectronic cigarettes promotes the lung colonization of human breast cancer in NOD-SCID-Gamma mice.
Huynh D, Huang J, Le LTT, Liu D, Liu C, Pham K, Wang H. Electronic cigarettes promotes the lung colonization of human breast cancer in NOD-SCID-Gamma mice. International Journal Of Clinical And Experimental Pathology 2020, 13: 2075-2081. PMID: 32922603, PMCID: PMC7476960.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchE-cigsNOD-SCIDGamma miceTumor cellsCig vapour extractElectronic cigarette smokingHuman breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231Breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231Cancer cell line MDA-MB-231Human breast cancer cellsCell line MDA-MB-231E-cig exposureHuman breast cancerMetastasis-promoting effectsTail vein injectionBreast cancer cellsTumor cell proliferationMDA-MB-231Tumor cell apoptosisCig exposureCigarette smokingLung metastasesTumor loadTumor mortalityBreast cancer