| Literature DB >> 16049480 |
Andy J Minn1, Gaorav P Gupta, Peter M Siegel, Paula D Bos, Weiping Shu, Dilip D Giri, Agnes Viale, Adam B Olshen, William L Gerald, Joan Massagué.
Abstract
By means of in vivo selection, transcriptomic analysis, functional verification and clinical validation, here we identify a set of genes that marks and mediates breast cancer metastasis to the lungs. Some of these genes serve dual functions, providing growth advantages both in the primary tumour and in the lung microenvironment. Others contribute to aggressive growth selectively in the lung. Many encode extracellular proteins and are of previously unknown relevance to cancer metastasis.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16049480 PMCID: PMC1283098 DOI: 10.1038/nature03799
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962