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Novel therapeutic targets in esophageal cancer: impact of chemokine receptor CXCR4

Markus MoehlerInes GockelTheodor JungingerCarl C. Schimanski

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Receptors CXCR4Cancer ResearchEsophageal Neoplasmsbusiness.industryAntineoplastic AgentsGeneral MedicineEsophageal cancermedicine.diseaseCXCR4Chemokine CXCL12Cyclin-Dependent KinasesNeoadjuvant TherapyhumanitiesChemokine receptorDrug Delivery SystemsOncologyCancer researchmedicineHumansMalignant cellsbusinessChemokines CXCHoming (hematopoietic)

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Ines Gockel†, Carl C Schimanski, Markus Moehler & Theodor Junginger †Author for correspondence Johannes GutenbergUniversity of Mainz, Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany Tel.: +49 6131 177 291; Fax: +49 6131 176 630; gockel@ach.klinik.unimainz.de ‘The interaction between esophageal cancer-expressed CXCR4 and SDF-1α may have a key role in directing malignant cells to ‘homing’ organs ... thus, this mechanism may account for metastasis.’

https://doi.org/10.2217/14796694.3.2.119