Javier Cerda-Infante

Dr. Javier Cerda-Infante


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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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29 September 2022 in Cancers
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VTVerónica Torres-Estay
Verónica Torres-Estay
MMMichalis Mastri
Michalis Mastri
SRSpencer Rosario
Spencer Rosario
PFPatricia Fuenzalida
Patricia Fuenzalida
CECarolina E. Echeverría
Carolina E. Echeverría
Alejandro S GodoyAlejandro S Godoy
Alejandro S Godoy
The survival of patients with solid tumors, such as prostate cancer (PCa), has been limited and fleeting with anti-angiogenic therapies. It was previously thought that the mechanism by which the vasculature regulates tumor growth was driven by a passive movement of oxygen and nutrients to the tumor tissue. However, previous evidence suggests that endothelial cells have an alternative role in changing the behavior of tumor cells and contributing to cancer progression. Determining the impact of molecular signals/growth factors released by endothelial cells (ECs) on established PCa cell lines in vitro and in vivo could help to explain the mechanism by which ECs regulate tumor growth. Using cell-conditioned media collected from HUVEC (HUVEC-CM), our data show the stimulated proliferation of all the PCa cell lines tested. However, in more aggressive PCa cell lines, HUVEC-CM selectively promoted migration and invasion in vitro and in vivo. Using a PCa-cell-line-derived xenograft model co-injected with HUVEC or preincubated with HUVEC-CM, our results are consistent with the in vitro data, showing enhanced tumor growth, increased tumor microvasculature and promoted metastasis. Gene set enrichment analyses from RNA-Seq gene expression profiles showed that HUVEC-CM induced a differential effect on gene expression when comparing low versus highly aggressive PCa cell lines, demonstrating epigenetic and migratory pathway enrichments in highly aggressive PCa cells. In summary, paracrine stimulation by HUVEC increased PCa cell proliferation and tumor growth and selectively promoted migration and metastatic potential in more aggressive PCa cell lines.

14 March 2014 in Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
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PRPablo A. Rojas
Pablo A. Rojas
VTVerónica Torres-Estay
Verónica Torres-Estay
JCJavier Cerda-Infante
Javier Cerda-Infante
VMViviana P. Montecinos
Viviana P. Montecinos
JDJavier Domínguez
Javier Domínguez
IFIgnacio F. San Francisco
Ignacio F. San Francisco