| Literature DB >> 30755309 |
Weijie Zhang1, Igor Bado1, Hai Wang1, Hin-Ching Lo2, Xiang H-F Zhang3.
Abstract
Metastasis to bones is determined by both intrinsic traits of metastatic tumor cells and properties appertaining to the bone microenvironment. Bone marrow niches are critical for all major steps of metastasis, including the seeding of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) to bone, the survival of DTCs and microscopic metastases under dormancy, and the eventual outgrowth of overt metastases. In this review, we discuss the role of bone marrow niches in bone colonization. The emphasis is on complicated and dynamic nature of cancer cells-niche interaction, which may underpin the long-standing mystery of metastasis dormancy, and represent a therapeutic target for elimination of minimal residue diseases and prevention of life-taking, overt metastases.Entities:
Keywords: bone marrow niches; bone metastasis; disseminated tumor cells; hematopoietic stem cells
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30755309 PMCID: PMC6383208 DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2018.12.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Cancer ISSN: 2405-8025