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SUBMITTER: Wejksza K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3594535 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wejksza Katarzyna K Lee-Chang Catalina C Bodogai Monica M Bonzo Jessica J Gonzalez Frank J FJ Lehrmann Elin E Becker Kevin K Biragyn Arya A
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20130213 6
Breast cancer cells facilitate distant metastasis through the induction of immunosuppressive regulatory B cells, designated tBregs. We report in this study that, to do this, breast cancer cells produce metabolites of the 5-lipoxygenase pathway such as leukotriene B4 to activate the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) in B cells. Inactivation of leukotriene B4 signaling or genetic deficiency of PPARα in B cells blocks the generation of tBregs and thereby abrogates lung metastasis ...[more]