Identifiers
KIT ligand
HUGO:KITLG HGNC:6343 ENTREZ:4254 UNIPROT:P21583
HUGO:KITLG
Maps_Modules
HMC:ACTIVATING_INVASION_AND_METASTASIS
EMT Senescence / EMT_REGULATORS
EMT Senescence / ECM
HMC:AVOIDING_IMMUNE_DESTRUCTION
Innate Immunity / RECRUITMENT_OF_IMMUNE_CELLS
References
MAST_CELL
PMID:15099563
Mast cells produce heparin, interleukin-8 (IL-8) and vascular
endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF), which induce
neovascularization, histamine, which is an immunosuppressant,
mitogenic factors, such as platelet-derived
growth factor (PDGF), nerve GF (NGF), stem-cell factor
(SCF), and proteases, which disrupt the surrounding
matrix and facilitate metastases.
PMID:18524989
SCF-mediated mast cell infiltration and activation exacerbate the inflammation and immunosuppression in tumor microenvironment
Mast cell infiltration and activation in tumors were mainly mediated by tumor-derived stem cell factor (SCF) and its receptor
c-Kit on mast cells. tumor-derived SCF recruits MCs
to the tumor environment and also activates them.