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. 2023 Jul 6;42:160. doi: 10.1186/s13046-023-02714-0

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Schematic model. CAF-derived PAI-1 induces EndoMT in tumour-associated LECs by activating the LRP1/ERK1/2/AKT signalling pathway, which in turn drives abnormal lymphangiogenesis by increasing LEC migration, tube formation and monolayer permeability, thereby facilitating tumour lymphoinvasion and CSCC progression