Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Jun Wang
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-69125 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Science signaling 20160202 413
Bone metastases occur in up to 70% of advanced breast cancer. For most patients with breast cancer, bone metastases are predominantly osteolytic. Interactions between tumor cells and stromal cells in the bone microenvironment drive osteolytic bone metastasis, a process that requires the activation of osteoclasts, cells that break down bone. We report that ABL kinases promoted metastasis of breast cancer cells to bone by regulating the crosstalk between tumor cells and the bone microenvironment. ...[more]