Cancer BiologybioRxiv
Perivascular tenascin C triggers sequential activation of macrophages and endothelial cells to generate a pro-metastatic vascular niche in the lungs
T. Hongu, M. Pein, J. Insua-Rodriguez…·T. Oskarsson
The paper identifies four secreted factors from metastasis-associated endothelial cells that promote breast cancer metastasis by enhancing cancer cell stemness and survival, with perivascular macrophages mediating this effect via the TNC-TLR4 axis.
DOI 10.1038/s43018-022-00353-6