Adipsin-Dependent Secretion of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Regulates the Adipocyte-Cancer Stem Cell Interaction

Adipose tissue is a component of the tumor microenvironment and is involved in tumor progression. We have previously shown that adipokine adipsin (CFD) functions as an enhancer of tumor proliferation and cancer stem cell (CSC) properties in breast cancers. We established the Cfd-knockout (KO) mice a...

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Main Authors: Masahiro Mizuno, Behnoush Khaledian, Masao Maeda, Takanori Hayashi, Seiya Mizuno, Eiji Munetsuna, Takashi Watanabe, Seishi Kono, Seiji Okada, Motoshi Suzuki, Shintaro Takao, Hironobu Minami, Naoya Asai, Fumihiro Sugiyama, Satoru Takahashi, Yohei Shimono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/16/4238