ROCK Inhibitor-Induced Promotion of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Motility during Wound Healing by Hiroyuki Kamao, Atsushi Miki, Junichi Kiryu

“…RPE cell motility during wound healing was evaluated using time-lapse imaging and measuring cell migration distances and cell coverage rate in wound fields. …”
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Antioxidant Peptide Derived from Spirulina maxima Suppresses HIF1α-Induced Invasive Migration of HT1080 Fibrosarcoma Cells by Won Suk Kim, Won Kyo Jung, Sun Joo Park

“…The initiation of tumor metastasis requires invasive cell migration. Here, we show that an antioxidant peptide derived from Spirulina maxima suppresses hypoxia-induced invasive migration of HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cells. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells Combined with Tissue Fusion Technology Promoted Wound Healing in Porcine Bowel Anastomosis by Hong Pan, Ping Keun Lam, See W. Tong, Kevin K. Leung, Anthony Y. Teoh, Enders K. Ng

“…Five anastomoses per animal were established using LigaSure ForceTriad (Covidien, MA, USA), a tissue sealing system. Cell migration and tissue-specific differentiation potency, in addition to potential cytokine and genetic changes, were investigated. …”
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Stachydrine targeting tumor-associated macrophages inhibit colorectal cancer liver metastasis by regulating the JAK2/STAT3 pathway by Yang Gui, Gengchen Xue, Yuyi Yuan, Jingbo Wang, Shuangjiao Deng, Fei Gao, Yushi Tian, Zhiqiang Zhao, Heng Fan

“…In vitro, STA has been found to impede tumor cell migration, invasion, and angiogenesis by preventing TAMs from polarizing to the M2 phenotype via the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway. …”
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RNAI-MEDIATED SILENCING OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1 IN EPIDERMAL KERATINOCYTES INFLUENCES THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INTERLEUKIN 17A by J. A. Mogulevtseva, A. V. Mezentsev, S. A. Bruskin

“…Moreover, MMP1 silencing led to a decrease in cell proliferation and an impairment of cell migration. Thus, MMP1-deficiency in epidermal keratinocytes can be beneficial for psoriasis patients that experience an accumulation of IL-17 in lesional skin. …”
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Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Promotes High-Glucose-Induced Dysfunction and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Lidan Xue, Lili Huang, Yajing Tian, Xin Cao, Yu Song

“…The CCK8 assay was then used to assess cell proliferation; wound healing, cell migration, and tube formation assays were used to verify changes in cell phenotype. …”
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Proton pump inhibitors enhance chemosensitivity, promote apoptosis, and suppress migration of breast cancer cells by Ihraiz Worood G., Ahram Mamoun, Bardaweel Sanaa K.

“…The anti-proliferative and combined effects of PPIs were evaluated by MTT assay. Cell migration was assessed using the wound-healing assay. …”
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A telomere-related signature for predicting prognosis and assessing immune microenvironment in osteosarcoma by Shihao Li, Lina Zhang, Haiyang Zhang

“…Cell proliferation was analyzed using the CCK-8 assay, and cell migration and invasion capabilities were evaluated using the Transwell assay.ResultsBased on the SP110, HHAT, TUBB, MORC4, TERT, PPARG, MAP3K5, PAGE5, MAP7, and CAMK1G, a telomere-related signature was built in osteosarcoma patients. …”
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Circular RNA ITCH Is a Tumor Suppressor in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis through miR-106b-5p/PDCD4 Axis by Ping Gao, Yong Huang, Yanmei Hou, Qian Li, Haimei Wang

“…Downregulation circ-ITCH promoted cell migration, but overexpressing circ-ITCH inhibited cell migration and invasion in OSRC-2 and SW839 cells. …”
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Tumor-associated macrophages promote bladder cancer metastasis through the CCL20-CCR6 axis by Ryunosuke Nakagawa, Kouji Izumi, Kaoru Hiratsuka, Takahiro Inaba, Yoshiki Koketsu, Ren Toriumi, Shuhei Aoyama, Taiki Kamijima, Hiroshi Kano, Tomoyuki Makino, Renato Naito, Suguru Kadomoto, Hiroaki Iwamoto, Hiroshi Yaegashi, Shohei Kawaguchi, Takahiro Nohara, Kazuyoshi Shigehara, Hiroki Nakata, Wen-Jye Lin, Atsushi Mizokami

“…This differentiation enhanced BC cell migration and invasion. Additionally, M2-like TAMs significantly increased the secretion of C–C motif chemokine ligand (CCL) 20, which promotes BC cell migration and invasion via the MEK/ERK signaling pathway through its paracrine effects. …”
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Integrin Trafficking and Tumor Progression by Sejeong Shin, Laura Wolgamott, Sang-Oh Yoon

“…Through this interaction, integrins play critical roles in cell migration, invasion, metastasis, and resistance to apoptosis during tumor progression. …”
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Evaluation of Anti-Cancer, Pro-Apoptotic, and Anti-Metastatic Effects of Synthetic Analogue Compound 2-Imino-7-Methoxy-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2H-1,3-Thiazino [3,2-a] Benzimidazole on P... by Mpho Ndou, Marthe C. D. Fotsing, Michael H. K. Kengne, Edwin M. Mmutlane, Derek T. Ndinteh, Mthokozisi B.C. Simelane, Lesetja Motadi, Mpho Choene

“…Wound healing showed a decreased cell migration on both cell lines an important stage of metastasis. …”
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Enhanced Expression and Bioactivity Assessment of Recombinant SUMO-Protease-1 in E. coli BL21 (DE3) via Cleavage of His6-SMT3-SDF-1 Fusion Protein by Farzad Sadri, Hossain Safarpour, Zahra Ansari, Yazdan Ebrahimpour, Mohammad Feriedouni

“…In the scratch wound-healing assay, recombinant SDF-1 increased cell migration following cleavage, confirming that biological activity was retained. …”
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Prednisone inhibits osteosarcoma cell by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway by Yo Zhang, Hongmei Zhang, Shanshan Yang, Xiufeng Gao, Wenhao Guo

“…To investigate the effect of prednisone on osteosarcoma cells in vitro, CCK8, wound healing, Transwell assays, flow-cytometry, western blot, and ELISA were used to measure cell proliferation, cell migration, cell invasion, cell cycle, cell apoptosis, and the key proteins in Wnt/β-catenin pathway. …”
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Hyaluronate Acid-Dependent Protection and Enhanced Corneal Wound Healing against Oxidative Damage in Corneal Epithelial Cells by Jing Zhong, Yuqing Deng, Bishan Tian, Bowen Wang, Yifang Sun, Haixiang Huang, Ling Chen, Shiqi Ling, Jin Yuan

“…Human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs) were incubated with different concentrations of HA to evaluate their efficiency in promoting cell migration and their modulation of repair factors. …”
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Targeted Inhibition of the miR-199a/214 Cluster by CRISPR Interference Augments the Tumor Tropism of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neural Stem Cells under Hypoxic Con... by Yumei Luo, Xuehu Xu, Xiuli An, Xiaofang Sun, Shu Wang, Detu Zhu

“…Meanwhile, the expression levels of their targets related to regulation of hypoxia-stimulated cell migration, such as HIF1A, MET, and MAPK1, were upregulated. …”
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CAFs-released exosomal CREB1 promotes cell progression and immune evasion in thyroid cancer via the positive regulation of CCL20 by Chen Zheng, Hu Hei, Yifei Zhai, Wenbo Gong, Runfang Zhang, Songtao Zhang

“…CREB1 facilitated TC cell migration, invasion and proliferation via targeting CCL20. …”
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Effects of methotrexate upon inflammatory parameters induced by carrageenan in the mouse model of pleurisy by Eduardo Monguilhott Dalmarco, Tânia Silvia Fröde, Yara Santos Medeiros

“…Background: The model of pleurisy induced by carrageenan exhibits a biphasic response (4 and 48 h) and permits the quantification of exudate, cell migration and certain enzymes such as myeloperoxidase (MPO) and adenosine-deaminase (ADA) that are markers of activated leukocytes.…”
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Vernolactone Promotes Apoptosis and Autophagy in Human Teratocarcinomal (NTERA-2) Cancer Stem-Like Cells by Nuwanka K. Abeysinghe, Ira Thabrew, Sameera R. Samarakoon, Meran K. Ediriweera, Kamani H. Tennekoon, Varuni P. C. Pathiranage, Anuka S. Mendis

“…The effect of vernolactone on NTERA-2 cell migration was monitored using the wound healing assay. …”
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Evaluation of the Antioxidant Properties and Biological Effects of a Novel Combined Barberry Root–Propolis Extract on HEK293T Cells by Dana Marcinčáková, Nikola Hudáková, Michal Miłek, Mária Kolesárová, Małgorzata Dżugan, Dasa Cizkova, Jaroslav Legáth

“…The metabolic activity (MA) was evaluated using an MTS test and cell migration was analyzed via a scratch assay. <b>Results:</b> The PE exhibited a higher TPC (198.67 mg/g) than the BE (119.3 mg/g). …”
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