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Hypoxic cancer-associated fibroblast exosomal circSTAT3 drives triple negative breast cancer stemness via miR-671-5p/NOTCH1 signaling
23 Jul 2025
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BACKGROUND: The hypoxic tumor microenvironment, particularly hypoxia-conditioned cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), drives breast cancer (BC) progression and therapy resistance. However, the molecular mechanisms linking hypoxic CAFs to BC plasticity and chemoresistance remain elusive. METHODS: Primary CAFs were isolated from high-grade BC tissues (Grade III) and characterized (α-SMA⁺/CD34⁻/pan-CK⁻), with...
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