ArticleNature communications2019
The CXCL5/CXCR2 axis is sufficient to promote breast cancer colonization during bone metastasis.
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105 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Role of Cytokines in the Metastasis of Solid Tumors to the Spine: Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- CXCL5: A coachman to drive cancer progression.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- A phase I/II study of preoperative letrozole, everolimus, and carotuximab in stage 2 and 3 hormone receptor-positive and Her2-negative breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2023Trial
- DVT-primed neutrophils reshape the brain microenvironment to promote brain metastasis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Cytokine Regulation of the Bone Pre- and Metastatic Niches: Implications for Breast Cancer Dormancy.Cells · 2026Review
- Phylogeography of Bone Metastasis: Clonal Evolution, Skeletal Niche Adaptation, and Clinical Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- ICAM-1⁺CD51⁺ CAFs drive immunosuppression in colorectal cancer via OPN-triggered chemokine secretion.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- An immunocompetent osteoblastic model of mammary cancer bone metastasis established by syngeneic intratibial injection of PyMT mammary carcinoma cells in FVB/N mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- From Bone Marrow Reserve to Metastatic Niche: How Neutrophil-Lineage Cells Shape Skeletal Colonization.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Mechanisms of breast cancer dormancy in bone metastasis.Clinical & experimental metastasis · 2026Review
- PMN-MDSCs-derived exosomal S100A9 drives breast cancer progression by enhancing cancer stemness and CXCL5-mediated metastatic potential.Cell death discovery · 2026Article
- Soluble E-cadherin-CXCL1-CXCR2 axis as a therapeutic vulnerability in inflammatory breast cancer brain metastasis.Neuro-oncology · 2026Article
- CXCL5 suppresses osteoclastogenesis and protects against lipoteichoic acid-induced bone loss by modulating PLCγ2 and c-Fos signalling in gram-positive periprosthetic joint infection.Bone & joint research · 2026Article
- Metabolism in Tumour-Induced Bone Disease.Current osteoporosis reports · 2026Review
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- Cxcr2 is Required for Osteoclast Regulation, Bone Structure, and Hematological Response During Bone (Re)modeling.Calcified tissue international · 2026Article
- A novel bone and cancer cells co-culture methodology to model breast cancer metastasis to bone ex vivo.BMC methods · 2026Review
- CXCL2/CXCR2 pathway regulates CD169Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Therapeutic targeting of STING-IL6/STAT3 axis to inhibit osteoclastic niche formation and breast cancer bone metastasis.Cell death discovery · 2025Article
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Abstract
Bone is one of the most common sites for metastasis across cancers. Cancer cells that travel through the vasculature and invade new tissues can remain in a non-proliferative dormant state for years before colonizing the metastatic site. Switching from dormancy to colonization is the rate-limiting step of bone metastasis. Here we develop an ex vivo co-culture method to grow cancer cells in mouse bones to assess cancer cell proliferation using healthy or cancer-primed bones. Profiling soluble factors from conditioned media identifies the chemokine CXCL5 as a candidate to induce metastatic colonization. Additional studies using CXCL5 recombinant protein suggest that CXCL5 is sufficient to promote breast cancer cell proliferation and colonization in bone, while inhibition of its receptor CXCR2 with an antagonist blocks proliferation of metastatic cancer cells. This study suggests that CXCL5 and CXCR2 inhibitors may have efficacy in treating metastatic bone tumors dependent on the CXCL5/CXCR2 axis.
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