Macrophages are exploited from an innate wound healing response to facilitate cancer metastasis
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Publication Date
- Jul 27, 2018
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05346-7
- Source
- Springer Nature
- License
- Green
Abstract
The relationship between wound healing and cancer is intricate and complex. Here, the authors show that in breast cancer models an IL-6 driven co-expression of FAP and HO-1 in tumour-associated macrophages, similar to the wound healing response, facilitates migration and metastatic spread.