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SUBMITTER: Huang C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7210089 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer 20200401 4
Tumor stroma plays key roles in promoting tumor recurrence and treatment resistance. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are one of the most abundant and key components in the stroma of lung cancer. CAFs secrete a variety of inflammatory cytokines and extracellular matrix to form a desmoplastic tumor niche, which play important roles in the occurrence and development of lung cancer. CAFs are mainly derived from normal lung fibroblasts, which are transformed by tumor-derived cytokines. The diver ...[more]