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. 2009 Dec 14;2010:426956. doi: 10.1155/2010/426956

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Signaling pathways downstream CXCR4 receptor activation. Upon CXCL12 binding the G protein complex dissociates into α and βγ subunits that trigger parallel signal transduction cascades culminating in tumor cell proliferation, migration, or survival. AC: adenylyl cyclase; ER: endoplasmic reticulum; PLC: phospholipase C; PI3K: phosphoinositide 3-kinase; PKB/Akt: protein kinase B; PKC: protein kinase C; PYK2: proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2; ERK1/2: extracellular regulated kinase.