The lung fibroblast as "soil fertilizer" in breast cancer metastasis.

Abstract

Fibroblasts strongly impact tumor progression, but whether they prime the pre-metastatic niche is poorly understood. In this issue of Immunity, Gong and Li et al. identify lung-specific immunosuppressive fibroblasts, which are hijacked by breast cancer cells to facilitate metastasis.

More about this publication

Immunity
  • Volume 55
  • Issue nr. 8
  • Pages 1336-1339
  • Publication date 09-08-2022

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