A Novel Autocrine CXCL14/ACKR2 Axis: The Achilles' Heel of Cancer Metastasis?

Clin Cancer Res

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center, Chengdu, P.R. China.

Published: June 2019

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) are essential for cancer hallmarks. While CAFs are molecularly heterogeneous, a CXCL14-expressing subset has been a critical player in the cancer context. In breast cancer, an autocrine fibroblast CXCL14/ACKR2 axis mediates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and endows metastatic traits, which offers novel therapeutic potential in the clinical setting..

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-0853DOI Listing

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