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Dicer reprograms stromal fibroblasts to a pro-inflammatory and tumor-promoting phenotype in ovarian cancer.
Cancer letters - 28 Feb 2018
Yang Zongyuan, Jin Ping, Xu Sen, Zhang Taoran, Yang Xin, Li Xiaoting, Wei Xiao, Sun Chaoyang, Chen Gang, Ma Ding, Gao Qinglei
Abstract excerpt
Inflammation and host stromal activation contribute significantly to ovarian cancer (OC) initiation and malignant progression. However, the complex reciprocal interactions between them are largely unknown. Here, we discovered that the tumor suppressor gene Dicer was paradoxically overexpressed in ovarian tumor stroma, and induced fibroblast activation and stromal inflammation. Dicer transformed normal fibroblasts...
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