Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center report that cancers physically alter cells in the lymphatic system – a network of vessels that transports and stores immune cells throughout the body – to promote the spread of disease, a process called metastasis. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Garmy-Susini B, et al. PI3Kα activates integrin α4β1 to establish a metastatic niche in lymph nodes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23671068
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