Stromal WNTer Keeps the Tumor Cold and Drives Metastasis.

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Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK; Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK. Electronic address:

Published: January 2021

Carcinoma-associated fibroblast (CAF) infiltration confers poor clinical outcomes in colorectal cancer (CRC) through mechanisms that are still unclear. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Kasashima et al. report that loss of PKCζ engenders a SOX2/SFRP2-positive CAF subpopulation that increases CRC aggressiveness by creating an immunosuppressed environment.

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