The Role of Interleukin-17 in Lung Cancer

The Role of Interleukin-17 in Lung Cancer

Tumour-associated inflammation is a hallmark of malignant carcinomas, and lung cancer is a typical inflammation-associated carcinoma. Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is an important inflammatory cytokine that plays an important role in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and in inflammation-associat...

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Main Authors: Feng Wu, Juanjuan Xu, Qi Huang, Jieli Han, Limin Duan, Jinshuo Fan, Zhilei Lv, Mengfei Guo, Guorong Hu, Lian Chen, Shuai Zhang, Xiaonan Tao, Wanli Ma, Yang Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8494079
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Summary:Tumour-associated inflammation is a hallmark of malignant carcinomas, and lung cancer is a typical inflammation-associated carcinoma. Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is an important inflammatory cytokine that plays an important role in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and in inflammation-associated tumours. Numerous studies have shown that IL-17 directly or indirectly promotes tumour angiogenesis and cell proliferation and that it inhibits apoptosis via the activation of inflammatory signalling pathways. Therefore, IL-17 contributes to the metastasis and progression of lung cancer. Research advances with respect to the role of IL-17 in lung cancer will be presented as a review in this paper.
ISSN:0962-9351
1466-1861

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