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. 2020 May 20;21(10):3613. doi: 10.3390/ijms21103613

Table 2.

Role of the high-mobility group box1 (HMGB1-receptor for advanced glycation end product (RAGE) axis in cancer progression.

Cell Lines/Samples Study Type Mechanisms of Action References
Glioma (C6) In vitro ↑ERK1/2, ↑p38, ↑SAPK/JNK [62]
Murine Lewis lung carcinoma In vitro ↑ERK1/2, ↑p38, ↑SAPK/JNK [62]
Mouse neuroblastoma (Neuro2a) In vitro ↑Bcl-2 [87]
Human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) In vitro ↑Bcl-2 [87]
Human colon carcinoma (Colo320 and WiDr) In vitro ↑ERK1/2, ↑Rac1, ↑Akt, ↑MMP9 [13]
Human pancreatic carcinoma (PANC-1 and MIA PaCa-2) In vitro ↑MMP9 [71]
Human rhabdomyosarcoma (TE671) In vitro ↑Cdc42-Rac1-MKK6-p38 [61]
Human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) In vitro ↑VEGF [83]
Human pancreatic adenocarcinoma (Panc 2.03) In vitro ↑Beclin-1 [54]
Human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) In vitro ↑VEGF [84]
Human pancreatic cancer (BxPC-3) In vitro ↑NF-κB [74]
Human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (KYSE-150) In vitro ↑VEGF-C [88]
Human renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) In vitro ↑ERK1/2 [56]
Human thyroid carcinoma (BC PAP) In vitro ↑miR-221/222, ↓PTEN [66]
Human chondrosarcoma (JJ012) In vitro ↑PI3K/Akt/c-Jun/AP-1, ↑α5β1 integrin [81]
Human lung cancer (95D) In vitro ↑MMP2, ↑MMP9, ↑CDK-2 [60]
Human hepatocarcinoma (HUH 7) In vitro ↑NF-κB, ↑p65 [14]
Human hepatocarcinoma (H22) In vitro ↑NF-κB, ↑MMP9 [72]
Liver carcinogenesis in mice In vivo ↑ERK1/2, ↑Cyclin D1 [57]
Human fibrosarcoma (HT1080) In vitro ↑NF-κB [75]
Mouse melanoma (B16-F10) In vitro ↑STAT3 [89]
Human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) In vitro ↑JNK, ↑NF-κB [76]
Pancreatic tumor (human Panc2.03, human Panc3.27, mouse Panc02) In vitro ↑ATP [90]
Human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) In vitro ↑NF-кB [77]
Murine lung cancer (Lewis cells) In vitro ↑PI3K/Akt, ↑ERK1/2, ↑Bcl-2, ↓Bax [82]
Human breast cancer (MCF-7) In vitro ↑NF-κB [78]
Human bladder carcinoma (5637, BIU-87, T24, and SV-HUC-1) In vitro ↑NF-κB, ↑VEGF [85]
Human thyroid carcinoma (BC PAP) In vitro ↑miR-221/222, ↓PTEN [65]
Human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (HONE-1) In vitro ↑Bcl-2, ↑p-ERK1/2, ↓caspase-3, ↓Bax [86]
Murine Lung cancer (Lewis cells) In vitro ↑ERK1/2 [91]
Human gastric carcinoma (BGC-823, SGC-7901, MKN-28, and MKN-45) In vitro ↑ERK1/2 [58]
Human colorectal carcinoma (HCT116 and LoVo) In vitro ↑-Snail/NF-κB, ↑MMP7 [70]
Human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) In vitro ↑MMP2, ↑ERK1/2, ↑p38, ↑SAPK/JNK, ↑MEK1/2, ↑SEK1, ↑c-Jun, ↑c-Myc, ↓p21 [59]
Human colorectal adenocarcinoma (HT-29) In vitro ↑MAPK, ↑PI3K [55]
Human breast cancer (MCF-7) In vitro ↑MAPK, ↑PI3K [55]
Human adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial (A549) In vitro ↑MAPK, ↑PI3K [55]
Human hypopharyngeal carcinoma (FaDu) In vitro ↑Vimentin, ↑Snail [80]
Cervical carcinomas (human specimens and HeLa cells) In vivo ↑NF-κB, ↑N-cadherin↓E-cadherin [79]
Human colorectal carcinoma (LoVo) In vitro ↑NF-κB [92]
Human prostate cancer (PC-3) In vitro ↑NF-κB, ↑MMP1, ↑MMP3, ↑MMP10 [93]

Akt; protein kinase B, AP-1; activator protein 1, ATP; adenosine triphosphate, Bax; Bcl-2-associated X protein, Bcl-2; B-cell lymphoma 2, Cdc42; cell division control protein 42 homolog, CDK-2; cyclin-dependent kinase-2, ERK; extracellular signal-regulated kinase, JNK; c-Jun N-terminal kinase, MKK6; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6, MMPs; matrix metalloproteinases, NF-κB; nuclear factor kappa B, PI3K; phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase, PTEN; phosphatase and tensin homolog, Rac1; Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1, SAPK; stress-activated protein kinases, STAT3; signal transducer and activator of transcription 3, VEGF; vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF-C; vascular endothelial growth factor C. The arrow pointing up (↑) means increase or upregulation. The arrow pointing down (↓) means decrease or downregulation.