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Functional Heterogeneity of Osteopontin Isoforms in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Functional Heterogeneity of Osteopontin Isoforms in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer ORIGINAL ARTICLE Functional Heterogeneity of Osteopontin Isoforms in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Chandra M. V. Goparaju, PhD, Harvey I. Pass, MD, Justin D. Blasberg, MD, Nathalie Hirsch, and Jessica S. Donington, MD Key Words: Osteopontin, Non-small cell lung cancer, mRNA Introduction: Osteopontin (OPN) is a multifunctional protein with an isoforms, Tumor progression, Epithelial-mesenchymal transition. important but poorly understood role in non-small cell lung cancer (J Thorac Oncol. 2010;5: 1516–1523) (NSCLC) pathogenesis. Moreover, the role of the three known mRNA isoforms (OPNa, OPNb, and OPNc) has not been reported. We hypothesize that OPN isoforms play different roles in determining the steopontin (OPN) is a multifunctional protein identified metastatic potential of NSCLC. Oin a remarkable range of normal and pathologic con- Methods: We amplified mRNA for each OPN isoform in NSCLC texts. It plays a key role in the mediation of immune cell tumors and matched normal lung. The functional impact of each 1,2 recruitment, wound healing, and tissue remodeling. OPN’s isoform was evaluated by transfecting cDNA plasmids specific to each diverse biologic functions involve cell adhesion, migra- isoform into NSCLC cell lines and comparing behavior to empty vector tion, and invasion, which are associated with its two highly controls in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Thoracic Oncology Wolters Kluwer Health

Functional Heterogeneity of Osteopontin Isoforms in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Journal of Thoracic Oncology , Volume 5 (10) – Oct 1, 2010

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1556-0864
DOI
10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181eba6bd
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20689445
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE Functional Heterogeneity of Osteopontin Isoforms in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Chandra M. V. Goparaju, PhD, Harvey I. Pass, MD, Justin D. Blasberg, MD, Nathalie Hirsch, and Jessica S. Donington, MD Key Words: Osteopontin, Non-small cell lung cancer, mRNA Introduction: Osteopontin (OPN) is a multifunctional protein with an isoforms, Tumor progression, Epithelial-mesenchymal transition. important but poorly understood role in non-small cell lung cancer (J Thorac Oncol. 2010;5: 1516–1523) (NSCLC) pathogenesis. Moreover, the role of the three known mRNA isoforms (OPNa, OPNb, and OPNc) has not been reported. We hypothesize that OPN isoforms play different roles in determining the steopontin (OPN) is a multifunctional protein identified metastatic potential of NSCLC. Oin a remarkable range of normal and pathologic con- Methods: We amplified mRNA for each OPN isoform in NSCLC texts. It plays a key role in the mediation of immune cell tumors and matched normal lung. The functional impact of each 1,2 recruitment, wound healing, and tissue remodeling. OPN’s isoform was evaluated by transfecting cDNA plasmids specific to each diverse biologic functions involve cell adhesion, migra- isoform into NSCLC cell lines and comparing behavior to empty vector tion, and invasion, which are associated with its two highly controls in

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Journal of Thoracic OncologyWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Oct 1, 2010

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