Identifiers
C-C motif chemokine ligand 7
HUGO:CCL7 hgnc_id:HGNC:10634 HGNC:10634 ENTREZ:6354 UNIPROT:P80098
HUGO:CCL7
MODULE:RECRUITMENT_OF_IMMUNE_CELLS
Maps_Modules
HMC:TUMOR_PROMOTING_INFLAMMATION
HMC:ACTIVATING_INVASION_AND_METASTASIS
Cancer Associated Fibroblasts / CYTOKINES_CHEMOKINES_PRODUCTION
References
PMID:19937793
Microarray and real-time PCR analysis identified marked upregulation of the chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 7 (CCL7) in cocultured CAF. ELISA showed an elevated level of CCL7 secretion from CAF stimulated by coculture with OSCC cells. CCL7 promoted the invasion and migration of OSCC cells, and the invasiveness was inhibited by treatment with CCL7 neutralizing antibody. OSCC cells were shown to express CCR1, CCR2 and CCR3, receptors for CCL7, by RT-PCR. In addition, treatment with anti-CCR1 or anti-CCR3 antibody inhibited CCL7-induced OSCC cell migration, implicating that CCL7 promotes cancer cell migration through CCR1 and CCR3 on OSCC cells.