Emerging evidence of the molecular landscape specific for hematogenous metastasis from gastric cancer

Figure 1 Schema of molecules associated with each step of the establishment of hepatic metastasis from gastric cancer. VIM: Vimentin; GPR155: G protein-coupled receptor 155; HIF-1α: Hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha; EGFL7: Epidermal growth factor-like domain-containing protein 7; CXCL1: C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 1; TIMP1: Tissue inhibitor of metallopeptidase 1; NFKB1/p105: Nuclear factor kappa B subunit 1; MAP1LC3: Microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3; BECN1: Beclin1; SQSTM1/p62: Sequestosome 1; MFSD4: Major facilitator superfamily domain containing 4; PAK1: P21 (RAC1) activated kinase 1; VEGF-D: Vascular endothelial growth factor-D; TYMP: Thymidine phosphorylase.