Metastasis-Initiating Cells and Ecosystems.
Metastasis-Initiating Cells and Ecosystems.
复制标题
DOI:
10.1158/2159-8290.cd-21-0010
复制
发表时间:
2021-04
期刊:
影响因子:
28.2
通讯作者:
Ganesh K
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Massagué J;Ganesh K
Metastasis is initiated and sustained through therapy by cancer cells with stem-like and immune evasive properties, termed metastasis initiating cells (MICs). Recent progress suggests that MICs result from the adoption of a normal regenerative progenitor phenotype by malignant cells, a phenotype with intrinsic programs to survive the stresses of the metastatic process, undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transitions, enter slow-cycling states for dormancy, evade immune surveillance, establish supportive interactions with organ-specific niches, and co-opt systemic factors for growth and recurrence after therapy. Mechanistic understanding of the molecular mediators of MIC phenotypes and host tissue ecosystems could yield cancer therapeutics to improve patient outcomes.