Metastatic founder cell candidates resemble preimplantation embryonic blastomeres
Huiqin Körkel-Qu, Elia Raya, Miodrag Gužvić, Christoph Irlbeck, Tobias Mederer, Daniel Spitzl, Zbigniew T. Czyż, Leon Schunicht, Stephan Seitz, Jonas Roth, Brigitte Rack, Nadia Harbeck, Hasan Kurdieh, Roman Mayr, Max Burger, , Christoph A. Klein
The paper identifies metastatic founder cell candidates in bone marrow that resemble preimplantation embryonic blastomeres, linking cancer metastasis to early embryonic development mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology