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Kisspeptin Signaling Suppresses HRasG12V-induced Tumor Growth and Metastasis by Inhibiting SP1-dependent N-cadherin Expression in NIH3T3 Cells.
Hwang HH, Cho SG Anticancer research. 2026.
DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.18291PubMed: 42527090
Editor's note
An in vitro and mouse-model study identifying a metastasis-suppressive mechanism for kisspeptin signaling in HRAS-driven cells. As mechanistic bench science it is early-stage evidence about kisspeptin biology, well upstream of any clinical inference.
Plain-language abstract
This laboratory study found that kisspeptin signaling suppressed tumor growth and metastasis in an engineered cell line by inhibiting a specific gene-expression pathway. Findings in cultured cells and mouse models are early-stage and may not translate to humans.
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