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Table 1 Summary of the effects of leptin and adiponectin on migration and proliferation of various cancer cell lines

From: Leptin and Adiponectin: new players in the field of tumor cell and leukocyte migration

 

Breast Carcinoma Cells

Colon Carcinoma Cells

 

MCF-7

MDA-MB-468

MDA-MB-231

SW480

Receptor expression

ObRI

+

+

+

+

AdipoR1

+

+

+

+

AdipoR2

+

+

+

+

Migration

Leptin

no

no

no

+

Adiponectin

no

no

no

+

Leptin+Adipo.

no

no

no

-

Proliferation

Leptin

+19%

+10%

+44%

+52%

Adiponectin

+25%

+18%

+46%

-31%

Leptin+Adipo.

+16%

+5%

+61%

+11%

  1. Receptor expression was determined using flow cytometry, migratory activity was investigated using our three-dimensional cell migration assay, and cell proliferation after 96 hours was evaluated using well-established XTT assay. All methods were performed as described previously [9].