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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 254-256Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.469
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- NCI NIH HHS [P30 CA008748] Funding Source: Medline
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Metastatic niches support the survival and fitness of disseminated tumour cells (DTCs) in otherwise inhospitable tissue environments. The components of metastatic niches have remained a matter of conjecture, but recent reports, including one in a current issue of Nature, point at the extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins periostin and tenascin C (TNC) as key metastatic niche molecules. By enhancing Wnt and Notch signalling in cancer cells, these proteins provide physical as well as signalling support for metastasis-initiating cells. These findings underscore the importance of the ECM environment in cancer and provide potential drug targets against metastasis.
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