Review Article

Cytokines Association with Clinical and Pathological Changes in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 2

Cellular functions of cytokines relevant to ESCC.

FunctionCytokine [references]

Immune suppressionTGF- [13, 16, 37, 60]

Growth regulationMIF [13, 24, 52, 53]

Transcription regulationIL-1 [13, 38],
IL-6 [39, 40],
IL-8 [25, 41, 61]

Inflammatory
cytokines secretion
IL-1 [11, 13, 38],
IL-6 [11, 13]

Apoptosis negative regulationFasL [44, 45, 65]

Host immune stimulation
(Th1 response)
IL-2 [66],
IFN- [66],
IL-12 [62, 67],
IL-18 [62, 67]

Angiogenesis stimulationVEGF-A [7, 8, 13, 1724, 41, 5456],
VEGF-C [7, 13, 2535, 5659],
VEGF-D [13, 36, 59],
IL-8 [13, 24, 41, 61],
HGF [13, 41, 64, 74],
bFGF [7, 9, 13, 46, 47],
PDGF-BB [13, 63],
MIF [13, 24, 52, 53]

Metastasis inductionVEGF-A [8, 9, 13, 1724, 41, 5456],
VEGF-C [9, 13, 2535, 5659],
VEGF-D [13, 36, 59],
bFGF [13, 46, 47],
HGF [41, 64, 74],
midkine [50, 51, 57]