Most cancer deaths are due to metastasis, and almost all cancers have their preferential metastatic organs, known as organotropism metastasis. Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity has been described as heterogeneous and dynamic cellular differentiation states, supported by emerging experimental evidence from both molecular and morphological levels. Many molecular factors regulating epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity have tissue-specific and non-redundant properties. Reciprocally, cellular epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity contributes to shaping organ-specific pre-metastatic niche (PMN) including distinct local immune landscapes, mainly through secreted bioactive molecular factors. Here, we summarize recent progress on the involvement of tumor epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in driving organotropic metastasis and regulating the function of different immune cells in organ-specific metastasis.
基金:
NIH [U54 CA149196, U01CA188388]; John S. Dunn Research Foundation; China Scholarship Council; TT and WF Chao Foundation
第一作者单位:[1]Univ Sci & Technol China, Ctr Biomed Engn, Hefei 230052, Anhui, Peoples R China[2]Weill Cornell Med, Dept Syst Med & Bioengn, Houston Methodist Canc Ctr, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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Nan Xiang,Wang Jiang,Liu Haowen Nikola,et al.Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity in Organotropism Metastasis and Tumor Immune Escape[J].JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE.2019,8(5):doi:10.3390/jcm8050747.
APA:
Nan, Xiang,Wang, Jiang,Liu, Haowen Nikola,Wong, Stephen Tc&Zhao, Hong.(2019).Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity in Organotropism Metastasis and Tumor Immune Escape.JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE,8,(5)
MLA:
Nan, Xiang,et al."Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity in Organotropism Metastasis and Tumor Immune Escape".JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 8..5(2019)