Publications by authors named "Tania Durre"

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  • Autophagy helps keep lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) healthy, but scientists didn't know how it worked for them until now.! -
  • When LECs don't have autophagy, they struggle to respond to signals that help new lymphatic vessels grow and can't do their job properly.! -
  • Improving the way LECs use fats can help them work better, suggesting that fatty acids are important for keeping LECs healthy and ready to grow new vessels.!
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Although lymph node (LN) metastasis is an important prognostic parameter in cervical cancer, the tissue remodeling at a pre-metastatic state is poorly documented in LNs. We here identified periostin (POSTN) as a component of non-metastatic LNs by applying proteomic analyses and computerized image quantifications on LNs of patients with cervical cancer. We provide evidence for remarkable modifications of POSTN and lymphatic vessel distributions and densities in non-metastatic sentinel and metastatic human LNs, when compared to distant non-metastatic LNs.

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  • Solid tumors have cancer cells and special cells called lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC) that help with the movement of other cells.
  • New research shows that when LEC are around tumors, they can actually help cancer cells grow and invade more.
  • A specific molecule called interleukin-6 (IL6) plays a big role in this process, and stopping IL6 can reduce the effects that LEC have on tumor cells.
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The development of new lymphatic vessels occurs in many cancerous and inflammatory diseases through the binding of VEGF-C to its receptors, VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3. The regulation of VEGFR-2/VEGFR-3 heterodimerisation and its downstream signaling in lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) remain poorly understood. Here, we identify the endocytic receptor, uPARAP, as a partner of VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3 that regulates their heterodimerisation.

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Angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis have become important research areas in the biomedical field. The outgrowth of new blood (angiogenesis) and lymphatic (lymphangiogenesis) vessels from preexisting ones is involved in many pathologies including cancer. In-depth investigations of molecular determinants such as proteases in these complex processes require reliable in vivo models.

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Lymphangiogenesis, the formation of new lymphatic vessels, occurs in primary tumors and in draining lymph nodes leading to pre-metastatic niche formation. Reliable in vivo models are becoming instrumental for investigating alterations occurring in lymph nodes before tumor cell arrival. In this study, we demonstrate that B16F10 melanoma cell encapsulation in a biomaterial, and implantation in the mouse ear, prevents their rapid lymphatic spread observed when cells are directly injected in the ear.

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Solid tumors comprise cancer cells and different supportive stromal cells, including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which have recently been shown to enhance tumor growth and metastasis. We provide new mechanistic insights into how bone marrow (BM)-derived MSCs co-injected with Lewis lung carcinoma cells promote tumor growth and metastasis in mice. The proinvasive effect of BM-MSCs exerted on tumor cells relies on an unprecedented juxtacrine action of BM-MSC, leading to the trans-shedding of amphiregulin (AREG) from the tumor cell membrane by tumor necrosis factor-α-converting enzyme carried by the BM-MSC plasma membrane.

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