ReviewNature cell biology2018
Metastatic niche functions and therapeutic opportunities.
Review in Nature cell biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers.
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116 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Characterization of extracellular vesicle-associated DNA and proteins derived from organotropic metastatic breast cancer cells.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
- The Pre-metastatic Niche: How Cancer Stem Cell-Derived Exosomal MicroRNA Fit into the Puzzle.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2025Review
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- Reciprocal tumor-platelet interaction through the EPHB1-EFNB1 axis in the liver metastatic niche promotes metastatic tumor outgrowth in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2025Article
- Immune Cell Profiling Reveals a Common Pattern in Premetastatic Niche Formation Across Various Cancer Types.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Metastasis ofFrontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Metastasis is an inefficient process, especially during colonization at a distant organ. This bottleneck underlies the importance of the metastatic niche for seeding and outgrowth of metastases. Here, we classify the common functions of different metastatic niches: anchorage, survival support, protection from external insults, licensing proliferation and outgrowth. We highlight the emerging role of the metastatic niche in maintaining cancer stemness and promoting immune evasion, and discuss therapeutic opportunities against the metastatic niche.
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