title: Interleukin-8 and human cancer biology.
abstract: The aggressive nature of metastatic human cancer has been shown to be related to numerous abnormalities in growth factors and their receptors. These perturbations confer a tremendous growth advantage to the malignant cells. Interleukin-8 (IL-8), originally discovered as a chemotactic factor for leukocytes, has recently been shown to contribute to human cancer progression through its potential functions as a mitogenic, angiogenic, and motogenic factor. While it is constitutively detected in human cancer tissues and established cell lines, IL-8 expression is regulated by various tumor microenvironment factors, such as hypoxia, acidosis, nitric oxide, and cell density. Understanding the mechanisms of both inducible and constitutive IL-8 expression will be helpful in designing potential therapeutic strategies of targeting IL-8 to control tumor growth and metastasis. In this review, the role and regulation of IL-8 expression in the growth and metastasis of human cancer with a focus on human pancreatic adenocarcinoma will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology and Cancer Biology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Box 78, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA. kepxie@mail.mdanderson.org
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8