PMID- 29017963 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171124 LR - 20220330 IS - 1879-0038 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1119 (Linking) VI - 641 DP - 2018 Jan 30 TI - The role of CXCL12 in tumor microenvironment. PG - 105-110 LID - S0378-1119(17)30828-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.gene.2017.10.015 [doi] AB - The chemokine ligand C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) is a kind of small molecules of cytokines that widely expressed in diversified tissues. Recent evidence suggests that CXCL12 plays an important role in the communication of tumor cells with their surrounding microenvironment. The interaction of CXCL12 and its receptors subsequently excite the downstream signaling pathways to affect tumor angiogenesis, tumor cell proliferation and chemoresistance, and thus represents a potential target for cancer therapy. Outpouring molecules targeting CXCL12/CXCR4 axis in tumor microenvironment combined with traditional chemotherapy have drawn more and more attentions, which will be a promising method in anti-cancer therapies. Our review focuses on these roles of CXCL12 and summarizes strategies for treating cancer by disrupting this interaction with special emphasis on the CXCR4/CXCL12 axis. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Meng, Wenfang AU - Meng W AD - Division of Medical Genetics and Genomics, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. FAU - Xue, Shihang AU - Xue S AD - Ningbo No.4 People's Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. FAU - Chen, Ye AU - Chen Y AD - Division of Medical Genetics and Genomics, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: yechency@zju.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20171007 PL - Netherlands TA - Gene JT - Gene JID - 7706761 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (CXCL12 protein, human) RN - 0 (CXCR4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL12) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR4) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Cell Adhesion/physiology MH - Cell Communication/*physiology MH - Chemokine CXCL12/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Neoplasm Metastasis/pathology MH - Neoplasms/drug therapy/genetics/*pathology MH - Neovascularization, Pathologic/*pathology MH - Receptors, CXCR4/*metabolism MH - Tumor Microenvironment/genetics/*physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - CXCL12 OT - Tumor cell OT - Tumor microenvironment EDAT- 2017/10/12 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/29 06:00 CRDT- 2017/10/12 06:00 PHST- 2017/02/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/10/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0378-1119(17)30828-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.gene.2017.10.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gene. 2018 Jan 30;641:105-110. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.10.015. Epub 2017 Oct 7.