Obesity promotes resistance to anti-VEGF therapy in breast cancer by up-regulating IL-6 and potentially FGF-2
Incio J, Ligibel JA, McManus DT, Suboj P, Jung K, Kawaguchi K, Pinter M, Babykutty S, Chin SM, Vardam TD, Huang Y, Rahbari NN, Roberge S, Wang D, Gomes-Santos IL, Puchner SB, Schlett CL, Hoffmman U, Ancukiewicz M, Tolaney SM, Krop IE, Duda DG, Boucher Y, Fukumura D, Jain RK. Obesity promotes resistance to anti-VEGF therapy in breast cancer by up-regulating IL-6 and potentially FGF-2. Science Translational Medicine 2018, 10 PMID: 29540614, PMCID: PMC5936748, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aag0945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVEGF therapyInterleukin-6Breast cancerMouse modelAnti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapyEndothelial growth factor therapyTumor vasculatureAnti-VEGF therapyAnti-VEGF treatmentIL-6 blockadeGrowth factor therapyIL-6 productionFGF-2Up-regulates IL-6Second mouse modelFGF-2 expressionTumor cell proliferationFactor therapyGrowth factor 2Proinflammatory factorsMetastatic sitesBC patientsObese miceReceptor inhibitionSystemic concentrations