Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 1035-1045.e2 , March 2010

Galectin-3 Increases Gastric Cancer Cell Motility by Up-regulating Fascin-1 Expression

  • Seok–Jun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Gastric Cancer Branch, Division of Translational and Clinical Research I, National Cancer Center Research Institute and Hospital, Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Il–Ju Choi

      Affiliations

    • Gastric Cancer Branch, Division of Translational and Clinical Research I, National Cancer Center Research Institute and Hospital, Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Teak–Chin Cheong

      Affiliations

    • Gastric Cancer Branch, Division of Translational and Clinical Research I, National Cancer Center Research Institute and Hospital, Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sang–Jin Lee

      Affiliations

    • Genitourinary Cancer Branch, Division of Translational and Clinical Research II, National Cancer Center Research Institute and Hospital, Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Reuben Lotan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Seok Hee Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kyung–Hee Chun

      Affiliations

    • Gastric Cancer Branch, Division of Translational and Clinical Research I, National Cancer Center Research Institute and Hospital, Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Kyung-Hee Chun, PhD, Gastric Cancer Branch, Division of Translational and Clinical Research I, National Cancer Center Research Institute and Hospital, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 410-769, Republic of Korea. fax: (82) 31-920-2299

Received 5 May 2009 ,Accepted 29 September 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding This study was supported by a National Cancer Center of Republic of Korea grant (0910150-1), and the Innovative Research Institute for Cell Therapy, Republic of Korea (0831710-1).

PII: S0016-5085(09)01756-9

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.061

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Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 1035-1045.e2 , March 2010

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