Review Article

Role of Cancer-Associated Fibroblast in Gastric Cancer Progression and Resistance to Treatments

Table 1

Mechanisms involved in CAF-induced migration or invasion in gastric cancer.

AuthorYearCAFs derived contributorRegulation of contributor in CAFsReceptor in cancer cellActivated signaling pathway in cancer cellExperimental modelsReference

Yu B et al.2013Transgelin (TAGLN)Metrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2)Transwell migration [39]
Invasion assay
Xenograft model

He XJ et al.2014Galectin-1 (Gal-1)Integrin receptorGal-1/Integrin β1 axisTranswell migration [40]
Invasion assay

Kasashima H et al.2014Lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2)Integrin receptorSrc/focal adhesion kinase (FAK) pathwayWound healing assay [41]
Invasion assay

Izumi D et al.2016CXCL12CXCR4Integrin β1/FAK pathwayInvasion assay [42]
Real-time imaging

Qiao J et al.2016Stromal cell derived factor 1 (SDF1; CXCL12)Serum response factor (SRF)CXCR4SDF1-CXCR4 axisTranswell migration [43]
Wound healing assay
Invasion assay
Xenograft model

Wang X et al.2017LumicanIntegrin β1/FAK pathwayTranswell migration [44]
Invasion assay
xenograft model

Wu X et al.2017Interleukin-6 (IL-6)Cell-surface type I cytokine receptor complexJAK2/STAT3 pathwayTranswell migration [45]
Peritoneal xenograft

Ding X et al.2018HGF/IL-6c-MET/IL-6RJAK2/STAT3/twist1 pathwayTranswell migration [46]
Invasion assay
Xenograft model

Miki Y et al.2018CD9-positive exosomesMMP-2Wound healing assay [47]
Transwell migration

Suzuki M et al.2018TGF‐β1Invasion assay [48]
Wound healing assay

Wang X et al.2018IL-11JAK/STAT3 and MAPK/ERK pathwayTranswell migration [49]
Invasion assay

Wang R et al.2019Fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9)Downregulation of miR-214Transwell migration[50]