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Breast cancer cells promote a notch-dependent mesenchymal phenotype in endothelial cells participating to a pro-tumoral niche.
Journal of translational medicine - 27 Jan 2015
Ghiabi Pegah, Jiang Jie, Pasquier Jennifer, Maleki Mahtab, Abu-Kaoud Nadine, Halabi Najeeb, Guerrouahen Bella S, Rafii Shahin, Rafii Arash
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BACKGROUND: Endothelial cells (ECs) are responsible for creating a tumor vascular niche as well as producing angiocrine factors. ECs demonstrate functional and phenotypic heterogeneity when located under different microenvironments. Here, we describe a tumor-stimulated mesenchymal phenotype in EC...
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