Abstract:Objective To assess the therapeutic effects of celecoxib combined with FOLFOX4 chemotherapy on human advanced gastric cancer and the possible mechanisms. Methods A total of 80 patients diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer were admitted to our hospital from September 2015 to May 2017. Patients in control group received standard treatment of FOLFOX4, and 40 cases in observation group were treated with additional Celecoxib. Efficacy of treatments were recorded as complete remission (CR), partial remission (PR), stable disease (SD) and progressive disease (PD). The expressions of ABCG2, OCT-4, HIF-2α in gastric cancer tissues were detected by RTPCR, immunohistochemical or Western blot. Results Effective rate in observation group was significantly higher when compared with that in control group (77.5% vs 42.5%, P < 0.05). Expression of HIF-2α, ABCG2, OCT-4 in observation group was dramatically decreased compared with control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Celecoxib combined with FOLFOX4 is a promising treatment for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer, which exerts therapeutic effect through inhibiting HIF-2α-ABCG2 and HIF-2α-Oct-4 signaling pathway.