3,3′-Diindolylmethane modulates aryl hydrocarbon receptor of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to reverse epithelial-mesenchymal transition through repressing RhoA/ROCK1-mediated COX2/PGE2 pathway

Abstract Background Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most aggressive tumors in the world. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) has been reported to promote tumor metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a vital process of conferring cancer cells capabilities of mig...

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Main Authors: Peiyao Zhu, Huayun Yu, Kun Zhou, Yu Bai, Ruiqun Qi, Shuguang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13046-020-01618-7