Interaction between extracellular cancer matrix and stromal breast cells.

DISCUSSION: Our results clearly demonstrate that the tECM is able to shift the gene expression pattern of murine mammary epithelial cells towards that of carcinoma, indicating a role in breast cancer initiation. These data underlines that the acellular component of the tumor (ECM) can lead to a transformation of mammary gland tissue cells. These data show for the first time that the interaction of normal breast tissue cells with tumor ECM leads to an exchange of information and a consecutive overexpression of tumor-specific genes. PMID: 31796667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Clin Hemorheol Microcirc Source Type: research