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SUBMITTER: Andonegui-Elguera MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7056883 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Andonegui-Elguera Marco A MA Alfaro-Mora Yair Y Cáceres-Gutiérrez Rodrigo R Caro-Sánchez Claudia Haydee Sarai CHS Herrera Luis A LA Díaz-Chávez José J
Frontiers in oncology 20200227
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is the formation of vascular channels lacking endothelial cells. These channels are lined by tumor cells with cancer stem cell features, positive for periodic acid-Schiff, and negative for CD31 staining. The term VM was introduced by Maniotis et al. (1), who reported this phenomenon in highly aggressive uveal melanomas; since then, VM has been associated with poor prognosis, tumor aggressiveness, metastasis, and drug resistance in several tumors, including breast cancer ...[more]