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Phenotypic switch in blood: effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines on breast cancer cell aggregation and adhesion.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Geng Yue, Chandrasekaran Siddarth, Hsu Jong-Wei, Gidwani Mishka, Hughes Andrew D, King Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Hematogeneous metastasis can occur via a cascade of circulating tumor cell adhesion events to the endothelial lining of the vasculature, i.e. the metastatic cascade. Interestingly, the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α, which play an important role in potentiating the inflammatory cascade, are significantly elevated in metastatic breast cancer (BCa) patients. Despite their high metastatic potential, human...
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