A niche role for cancer exosomes in metastasis

作者:Zhang Yun*; Wang Xiao Fan
来源:Nature Cell Biology, 2015, 17(6): 709-711.
DOI:10.1038/ncb3181

摘要

Cancer cells are known to secrete exosomes with pro-metastatic effects. Pancreatic-cancer-derived exosomes are now shown to promote liver metastasis by eliciting pre-metastatic niche formation through a multi-step process. This involves uptake of exosome-derived factors by liver Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cell activation to generate a fibrotic microenvironment with immune cell infiltrates that favours metastasis.

  • 出版日期2015-6