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. 2014 Oct 16;9(10):e110542. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110542

Figure 6. Mechanism by which AGEs-RAGE influences cancer malignancy.

Figure 6

AGEs increase RAGE expression and stimulate the downstream pathway of ERK phosphorylation. This has the effect of up-regulating MMP2 and MMP9 expression and enhancing cell migration, which manifests as malignancy.