Not so neutral lipids: Metabolic regulation of the pre-metastatic niche.

Schoenfeld, Joshua D; Vardhana, Santosha A · Cell Metab · 2022

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Abstract

How primary tumors alter distant tissue sites to facilitate seeding and metastasis remains unclear. In this issue, Gong et al. demonstrate that IL-1β-dependent lipid accumulation in lung mesenchymal cells supports both tumor growth and NK cell dysfunction, facilitating lung metastasis of primary breast tumors.