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Intermittent hypoxia induces a metastatic phenotype in breast cancer.
Oncogene - 1 Aug 2018
Chen Anna, Sceneay Jaclyn, Gödde Nathan, Kinwel Tanja, Ham Sunyoung, Thompson Erik W, Humbert Patrick O, Möller Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Hypoxia arises frequently in solid tumors and is a poor prognostic factor as it promotes tumor cell proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, therapy resistance, and metastasis. Notably, there are two described forms of hypoxia present in a growing tumor: chronic hypoxia, caused by abnormal tumor vasculature, and intermittent hypoxia, caused by transient perfusion facilitated by tumor-supplying blood vessels. Here,...
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