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Endothelial transdifferentiation of human HGC-27 gastric cancer cells in vitro

Malignant tumor cells are able to transdifferentiate into other cell types in various tissues or organs. Recent studies have demonstrated the ability of cancer cells to transdifferentiate into functional endothelial cells (ECs). However, whether human gastric cancer (GC) cells are able to transdiffe...

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Autores principales: Chen, Changxin, Hunag, Zhixin, Wang, Mucheng, Huang, Zicheng, Chen, Xiangbo, Huang, Anye, Zheng, Binbin, Wu, Lishan, Liu, Yi, Wang, Xinwen, Xu, Weifeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: D.A. Spandidos 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7573880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33093912
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2020.12166
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Sumario:Malignant tumor cells are able to transdifferentiate into other cell types in various tissues or organs. Recent studies have demonstrated the ability of cancer cells to transdifferentiate into functional endothelial cells (ECs). However, whether human gastric cancer (GC) cells are able to transdifferentiate into other cell types has remained largely elusive. Furthermore, whether HGC-27 cells are able to participate in GC angiogenesis remains to be clarified. In the present study, the HGC-27 cell line grown under hypoxic conditions for 4 days exhibited the typical ‘flagstone’ appearance, which is typical for cultured ECs. HGC-27 cells cultured on Matrigel under hypoxic conditions gradually formed net-like structures. Furthermore, the cultured HGC-27 cells expressed CD31, CD34 and von Willebrand factor, the molecular markers for ECs, under hypoxic conditions. These results indicated that HGC-27 cells, cultured under hypoxic conditions, are able to transdifferentiate into EC-like cells in vitro.