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Activation of Toll-like receptor 7 inhibits the proliferation and migration, and induces the apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells

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    • Bing‑Bing Zou
    • Fang Wang
    • Lei Li
    • Feng‑Wei Cheng
    • Rui Jin
    • Xin Luo
    • Li‑Xin Zhu
    • Xiaoping Geng
    • Sheng‑Quan Zhang
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    Affiliations: Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P.R. China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China
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Pancreatic cancer is one of the most malignant types of tumor and has a poor prognosis. Toll‑like receptor 7 (TLR7) has been found to be present and have different roles in different types of cancer cells. In the present study, the roles of TLR7 in BxPC‑3 cells, a human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell line, were investigated. The cells were treated with gardiquimod, an agonist of TLR7, following which the properties of the cells, including proliferation, migration, cell cycle and apoptosis, were analyzed. It was revealed that activation of TLR7 by gardiquimod inhibited cell proliferation and migration, and induced apoptosis of the cells. In addition, gardiquimod downregulated the expression levels of cyclin B1, cyclin E and B‑cell lymphoma 2, while upregulating the expression of B‑cell‑associated X protein. These results suggested that the activation of TLR7 suppresses the progression of pancreatic cancer.
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Zou BB, Wang F, Li L, Cheng FW, Jin R, Luo X, Zhu LX, Geng X and Zhang SQ: Activation of Toll-like receptor 7 inhibits the proliferation and migration, and induces the apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells. Mol Med Rep 12: 6079-6085, 2015.
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Zou, B., Wang, F., Li, L., Cheng, F., Jin, R., Luo, X. ... Zhang, S. (2015). Activation of Toll-like receptor 7 inhibits the proliferation and migration, and induces the apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells. Molecular Medicine Reports, 12, 6079-6085. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.4130
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Zou, B., Wang, F., Li, L., Cheng, F., Jin, R., Luo, X., Zhu, L., Geng, X., Zhang, S."Activation of Toll-like receptor 7 inhibits the proliferation and migration, and induces the apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells". Molecular Medicine Reports 12.4 (2015): 6079-6085.
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Zou, B., Wang, F., Li, L., Cheng, F., Jin, R., Luo, X., Zhu, L., Geng, X., Zhang, S."Activation of Toll-like receptor 7 inhibits the proliferation and migration, and induces the apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells". Molecular Medicine Reports 12, no. 4 (2015): 6079-6085. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.4130
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Zou BB, Wang F, Li L, Cheng FW, Jin R, Luo X, Zhu LX, Geng X and Zhang SQ: Activation of Toll-like receptor 7 inhibits the proliferation and migration, and induces the apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells. Mol Med Rep 12: 6079-6085, 2015.
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Zou, B., Wang, F., Li, L., Cheng, F., Jin, R., Luo, X. ... Zhang, S. (2015). Activation of Toll-like receptor 7 inhibits the proliferation and migration, and induces the apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells. Molecular Medicine Reports, 12, 6079-6085. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.4130
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Zou, B., Wang, F., Li, L., Cheng, F., Jin, R., Luo, X., Zhu, L., Geng, X., Zhang, S."Activation of Toll-like receptor 7 inhibits the proliferation and migration, and induces the apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells". Molecular Medicine Reports 12.4 (2015): 6079-6085.
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Zou, B., Wang, F., Li, L., Cheng, F., Jin, R., Luo, X., Zhu, L., Geng, X., Zhang, S."Activation of Toll-like receptor 7 inhibits the proliferation and migration, and induces the apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells". Molecular Medicine Reports 12, no. 4 (2015): 6079-6085. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.4130
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