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Brief Title: VEGF Signaling Promotes Cell Growth and Metastasis in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in a VEGF Receptor Mediated Pathway
Official Title: VEGF Signaling Promotes Cell Growth and Metastasis in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in a VEGF
Study ID: NCT01917370
Brief Summary: The investigators study the VEGF signaling in ICC cell lines/human tissues and its mechanism in HCC growth, proliferation and apoptosis.
Detailed Description: Several studies have documented the elevated expression of VEGF and its receptors in ICC cell lines and tumor tissues. Another study observed that the elevation of VEGF promotes the growth. Clinical analyses have discovered the high expression of VEGF is correlated with tumor progression, vascular invasion, distal metastasis and poor prognosis. However, few studies have been conducted to investigate the VEGF signaling in ICC cells and its possible mechanism in regulating ICC growth.Therefore,we try to clarify the mechanism of VEGF signal in ICC growth,proliferation and apoptosis.
Minimum Age: 16 Years
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Name: Ming Kuang, MD
Affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR