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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Xiang Zhang
PROVIDER: E-TABM-420 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Padua David D Zhang Xiang H-F XH Wang Qiongqing Q Nadal Cristina C Gerald William L WL Gomis Roger R RR Massagué Joan J
Cell 20080401 1
Cells released from primary tumors seed metastases to specific organs by a nonrandom process, implying the involvement of biologically selective mechanisms. Based on clinical, functional, and molecular evidence, we show that the cytokine TGFbeta in the breast tumor microenvironment primes cancer cells for metastasis to the lungs. Central to this process is the induction of angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) by TGFbeta via the Smad signaling pathway. TGFbeta induction of Angptl4 in cancer cells that a ...[more]