Blood Vessel Proximity Shapes Cancer Cell Metabolism.

Virga, Federico; Ehling, Manuel; Mazzone, Massimiliano · Cell Metab · 2019

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Abstract

Cancer cells are highly heterogeneous, and their features markedly vary within different areas of the tumor microenvironment. In this issue, Kumar et al. (2019) identified perivascular tumor cells, derived from mouse glioblastoma xenografts, as the fraction that displays the highest mTOR-dependent anabolic metabolism, aggressiveness, and resistance to therapy.

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