Recent Advances in Discovering the Role of CCL5 in Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Recent Advances in Discovering the Role of CCL5 in Metastatic Breast Cancer.
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DOI:
10.2174/138955751513150923094709
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发表时间:
2015
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通讯作者:
Shen H
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作者:
Khalid A;Wolfram J;Ferrari I;Mu C;Mai J;Yang Z;Zhao Y;Ferrari M;Ma X;Shen H
The most common cause of mortality in cancer patients is metastasis. Therefore, a variety of therapeutic strategies are currently under investigation to develop effective drugs that can target and inhibit factors that promote tumor invasion. Considerable emphasis has been placed on studying cancer as an inflammatory process that proceeds in a dynamic microenvironment. In fact, the tumor microenvironment has been implicated to contribute considerably to metastasis. For instance, chemokine C-C motif ligand 5 (CCL5) produced by cells in the tumor microenvironment has been established as an important contributor to metastatic disease. Recently, the role of CCL5 in breast cancer invasion has been extensively studied. This review summarizes the recent developments in regards to this chemokine, including the conditions that increase the generation of CCL5 and the effects mediated by this signaling pathway. Moreover, the potential use of CCL5 and its receptor chemokine C-C motif receptor 5 (CCR5) as a target for treating and/or preventing breast cancer metastasis is also discussed.