Fig. 4From: Exosomal miR-301a-3p from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells promotes angiogenesis by inducing M2 polarization of macrophages via the PTEN/PI3K/AKT signaling pathwayESCC cell-derived exosomes promote angiogenesis by inducing M2 polarization of macrophages. a Proliferation activity of TECs was detected using the CCK-8 assay. b–e Migration ability, invasion ability, and tube formation ability of TECs co-cultured with the supernatant of macrophages incubated with ESCC cell-derived exosomes were detected using the scratch assay and Transwell migration assay (b, c), Transwell invasion assay (d), and tube formation assay (e), respectively. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01Back to article page