All-trans retinoic acid suppresses the angiopoietin-Tie2 pathway and inhibits angiogenesis and metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Na Li; Yanjuan Lu; Daoming Li; Xiangyu Zheng; Jingyao Lian; Shanshan Li; Huijuan Cui; Linda Zhang; Luqian Sang; Ying Wang; Jane J. Yu; Taiying Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174555

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All-trans retinoic acid suppresses the angiopoietin-Tie2 pathway and inhibits angiogenesis and metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Na Li,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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Yanjuan Lu,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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Daoming Li,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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Xiangyu Zheng,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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Jingyao Lian,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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Shanshan Li,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Zhengzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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Huijuan Cui,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The Chinese People’s Liberation Army 150 Central Hospital, Luoyang, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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Linda Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Luqian Sang,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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Ying Wang,

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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Jane J. Yu ,

* E-mail: wanlucying@163.com (TL); jane.yu@uc.edu (JJY)

Affiliations Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
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Taiying Lu

* E-mail: wanlucying@163.com (TL); jane.yu@uc.edu (JJY)

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, People's Republic of China
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All-trans retinoic acid suppresses the angiopoietin-Tie2 pathway and inhibits angiogenesis and metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Na Li,
Yanjuan Lu,
Daoming Li,
Xiangyu Zheng,
Jingyao Lian,
Shanshan Li,
Huijuan Cui,
Linda Zhang,
Luqian Sang,
Ying Wang

Published: April 3, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174555

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