ANO1 Reprograms Cholesterol Metabolism and the Tumor Microenvironment to Promote Cancer Metastasis.

Deng, Chun-Miao; Zhang, Guo-Geng; Liu, Qin-Wen; Xu, Jiao-Jiao; Liu, Zhi-Chao; Yang, Jing; Xu, Tao-Yang; Li, Zhi-Gang et al. · Cancer Res · 2023

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Metastatic cancer cells upregulate ANO1 to activate cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic mechanisms that alter cholesterol metabolism and stimulate fibroblasts, which can be targeted with ANO1 inhibitors to inhibit metastatic growth. See related commentary by Singh and Mehla, p. 1759.

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