Nitric oxide deficiency and endothelial–mesenchymal transition of pulmonary endothelium in the progression of 4T1 metastatic breast cancer in mice

Abstract Background Mesenchymal transformation of pulmonary endothelial cells contributes to the formation of a metastatic microenvironment, but it is not known whether this precedes or follows early metastasis formation. In the present work, we characterize the development of nitric oxide (NO) defi...

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Main Authors: Marta Smeda, Anna Kieronska, Mateusz G. Adamski, Bartosz Proniewski, Magdalena Sternak, Tasnim Mohaissen, Kamil Przyborowski, Katarzyna Derszniak, Dawid Kaczor, Marta Stojak, Elzbieta Buczek, Agnieszka Jasztal, Joanna Wietrzyk, Stefan Chlopicki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-018-1013-z