Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprint
Mechanosensitive hormone signaling promotes mammary progenitor expansion and breast cancer progression
J. J. Northey, Y. Yui, M.-K. Hayward…·V. M. Weaver
The paper shows that stiff extracellular matrix and integrin mechanosignaling increase mammary stem-progenitor cells, promoting breast cancer risk and progression through RANK signaling.
DOI 10.1101/2022.04.19.487741