A MSC-ing link in metastasis?

Hurst, Douglas R; Welch, Danny R · Nat Med · 2007

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Mesenchymal stem cells promote the dissemination of neoplastic cells in a mouse model of breast cancer. The findings sound a cautionary toll for anticancer therapies that rely on these cells and provoke a re-evaluation of how metastases form.

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