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Carcinoma–astrocyte gap junctions promote brain metastasis by cGAMP transfer

Carcinoma–astrocyte gap junctions promote brain metastasis by cGAMP transfer

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Carcinoma–astrocyte gap junctions promote brain metastasis by cGAMP transfer

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Carcinoma–astrocyte gap junctions promote brain metastasis by cGAMP transfer

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2016-05, Vol.533 (7604), p.493-498

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Brain metastasis represents a substantial source of morbidity and mortality in various cancers, and is characterized by high resistance to chemotherapy. Here we define the role of the most abundant cell type in the brain, the astrocyte, in promoting brain metastasis. We show that human and mouse breast and lung cancer cells express protocadherin 7...

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Carcinoma–astrocyte gap junctions promote brain metastasis by cGAMP transfer

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5021195

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5021195

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature18268

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