Pyruvate carboxylase supports the pulmonary tropism of metastatic breast cancer

Abstract Background Overcoming systemic dormancy and initiating secondary tumor grow under unique microenvironmental conditions is a major rate-limiting step in metastatic progression. Disseminated tumor cells encounter major changes in nutrient supplies and oxidative stresses compared to the primar...

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Main Authors: Aparna Shinde, Tomasz Wilmanski, Hao Chen, Dorothy Teegarden, Michael K. Wendt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2018-07-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-018-1008-9