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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2010 Jul 14;70(14):5679–5685. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4446

Figure 2. The role of SDF-1α-CXCR4 pathway in tumor re-growth after local irradiation.

Figure 2

A, Representative fluorescence confocal microscopy images of tumor immunostaining for SDF-1α and quantification of SDF-1α expression before and 2 days after 20Gy of radiation. Irradiation induced a significant increase in SDF-1α. B,C, Effect of CXCR4 blockade using AMD3100 on tumor re-growth after irradiation of 54A (B) and MCa8 (C) tumors. CXCR4 blockade delayed tumor growth when commenced immediately after but not 5 days after irradiation (n=6-8). (*denotes p<0.05).