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Lack of transforming growth factor-β signaling promotes collective cancer cell invasion through tumor-stromal crosstalk.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 2 Jul 2012
Matise Lauren A, Palmer Trenis D, Ashby William J, Nashabi Abudi, Chytil Anna, Aakre Mary, Pickup Michael W, Gorska Agnieszka E, Zijlstra Andries, Moses Harold L
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INTRODUCTION: Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) has a dual role during tumor progression, initially as a suppressor and then as a promoter. Epithelial TGF-β signaling regulates fibroblast recruitment and activation. Concurrently, TGF-β signaling in stromal fibroblasts suppresses tumorigenes...
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