* Inhibition of FAK and VEGFR-3 binding decreases tumorigenicity in neuroblastoma.
- Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood and is responsible for over 15% of pediatric cancer deaths. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase that is important in many facets of tumor development and progression. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 (VEGFR-3), another tyrosine kinase, has also been found to be important in the development of many human tumors including neuroblastoma. Recent reports have found that FAK and VEGFR-3 interact, and we have previously shown that both of these kinases interact in neuroblastoma. We have hypothesized that interruption of the FAK-VEGFR-3 interaction would lead to decreased neuroblastoma cell survival. In the current study, we examined the effects of a small molecule, chloropyramine hydrochloride (C4), designed to disrupt the FAK-VEGFR-3 interaction, upon cellular attachment, migration, and survival in two human neuroblastoma cell lines. We also utilized a murine xenograft model to study the impact of C4 upon tumor growth. In these studies, we showed that disruption of the FAK-VEGFR-3 interaction led to decreased cellular attachment, migration, and survival in vitro. In addition, treatment of murine xenografts with chloropyramine hydrochloride decreased neuroblastoma xenograft growth. Further, this molecule acted synergistically with standard chemotherapy to further decrease neuroblastoma xenograft growth. The findings from this current study help to further our understanding of the regulation of neuroblastoma tumorigenesis, and may provide novel therapeutic strategies and targets for neuroblastoma and other solid tumors of childhood.
=>模型, 作る, 形に表わす, 模範, モデル, 型, 模型の, 模範となる, かたどる, 手本, モデルをする,
手本となる
Overview of noun model
The noun model has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (19) model, theoretical account, framework -- (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or
process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems")
2. (11) model -- (a type of product; "his car was an old model")
3. (6) model, poser -- (a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president
didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos")
4. (4) model, simulation -- (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale))
5. (3) exemplar, example, model, good example -- (something to be imitated; "an exemplar of
success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general")
6. (1) model, role model -- (someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model")
7. (1) model, example -- (a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example")
8. mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model -- (a woman who wears clothes to
display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin")
9. model, modelling, modeling -- (the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale))
Overview of verb model
The verb model has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) model, pattern -- (plan or create according to a model or models)
2. (1) model, mold, mould -- (form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay")
3. model, pose, sit, posture -- (assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman
who posed for Leonardo so often")
4. model -- (display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion")
5. model, simulate -- (create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions
simulating high-altitude flights")
6. model, mock up -- (construct a model of; "model an airplane")
Overview of adj model
The adj model has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) exemplary, model -- (worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens")
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