The metastatic niche and stromal progression / Jonathan P. Sleeman

The tumor stroma is comprised of extracellular matrix, non-malignant cells, and the signaling molecules they produce. It is an integral and vital component of primary tumors that together with the underlying genetic defects in the tumor cells determines the growth characteristics, morphology, and invasiveness of the tumor. In parallel to continuing genetic changes in the tumor cells themselves, the tumor stroma progressively evolves during primary tumor development. Cancer cells that disseminate from primary tumors are dependent on this stromal microenvironment, and therefore the microenvironment they encounter at secondary sites determines their fate. For those cells that survive at these sites, stromal progression can serve to re-establish a supportive tumor stroma, fostering the outgrowth of the cells as metastases. Formation of a metastatic niche that supports the survival and growth of disseminated tumor cells is a key feature of this stromal progression. The endogenous organ microenvironment can provide components of the metastatic niche. In addition, microenvironmental changes in organs prior to receipt of disseminated tumor cells can be induced by factors secreted systemically by primary tumors, causing the formation of pre-metastatic niches. Further maturation of metastatic niches can be responsible for the re-activation of dormant disseminated tumor cells many years after removal of the primary tumor. The concept of the metastatic niche and stromal progression has profound consequences for our understanding of metastatic disease, and promises to open up new strategies for the diagnosis, prognostic evaluation, and therapy of cancer..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

15 June 2012

2012

Erschienen:

15 June 2012

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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe: The metastatic niche and stromal progression

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Cancer and metastasis reviews - 31(2012), 3/4, Seite 429-440

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sleeman, Jonathan P., 1965- [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Animals
Cell Hypoxia
Cell Survival
Disease Progression
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Extracellular Matrix
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Stromal Cells
Tumor Microenvironment

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Gesehen am 09.07.2019

Umfang:

12

doi:

10.1007/s10555-012-9373-9

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166882129X