Platelets guide the formation of early metastatic niches

During metastasis, host cells are recruited to disseminated tumor cells to form specialized microenvironments ("niches") that promote metastatic progression, but the mechanisms guiding the assembly of these niches are largely unknown. Tumor cells may autonomously recruit host cells or, alt...

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Main Authors: Labelle, Myriam (Contributor), Begum, Shahinoor (Contributor), Hynes, Richard O (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor), Hynes, Richard O. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2015-02-05T17:05:25Z.
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