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Impact of host ageing on the metastatic phenotype.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Mar 2013
Meehan Brian, Dombrovsky Alexander, Lau Karrie, Lai Tiffany, Magnus Nathalie, Montermini Laura, Rak Janusz
Abstract excerpt
Ageing impacts multiple host mechanisms involved in cancer progression. Here we show that poorly metastatic Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells form less bulky metastatic deposits in aged mice (>52 weeks) relative to their young (4-6 weeks) counterparts. Serial selection of LLC cells for increased m...
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