Activin A from primary breast tumors generates a pre-metastatic niche by inducing pulmonary fibrosis

Takuya Shirakihara; Akira Orimo

doi:10.21037/tbcr-24-5

Activin A from primary breast tumors generates a pre-metastatic niche by inducing pulmonary fibrosis

Transl Breast Cancer Res. 2024 Jul 22:5:24. doi: 10.21037/tbcr-24-5. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Takuya Shirakihara¹, Akira Orimo¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs); disseminated tumor cells (DTCs); extracellular matrix (ECM); metastasis-associated fibroblasts (MAFs); pre-metastatic niche.

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