ArticleOncogene2022
STAT3 induces breast cancer growth via ANGPTL4, MMP13 and STC1 secretion by cancer associated fibroblasts.
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- The role of ANGPTL4 in cancer: A meta-analysis of observational studies and multi-omics investigation.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Promote Tumor Immunosuppression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma via the NNMT-ANGPTL4 Axis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Bone-derived Osterix+ osteolineage cells are a source of tumor-promoting myofibroblastic cancer-associated fibroblasts in breast cancer.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Cytokines and cancer-associated fibroblasts.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2026Review
- Multi-omics exploration of hypoxia in gastric cancer.World journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Elucidating the potential mechanism of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in breast cancer via computational prediction integrating network toxicology and molecular docking.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Interplay Between Circadian Clocks and the Tumour Microenvironment in Breast Cancer.Cancers · 2026Review
- Crosstalk between SPP1+ macrophages and ITGA5+ fibroblasts promotes hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis.Hepatology communications · 2026Article
- Out of Nucleus: Serine 727 Phosphorylation Orchestrates Non-Canonical STAT3 Functions-Relevance to Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Patient-derived orthotopic xenograft models recapitulate the peritoneal dissemination of pancreatic cancer and delineate its transcriptional and regulatory programs.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026Article
- Dietary restriction genes as modulators of breast cancer risk through metabolic pathways.Lipids in health and disease · 2026Article
- The NEAT1/miR-506-3p/STAT3 axis promotes uveal melanoma progression and represents a potential therapeutic target.Cancer cell international · 2026Article
- STC1 promotes colorectal cancer invasion and migration by regulating M2 macrophage polarization via TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Targeting Tumor-Associated Macrophages to Reshape the Immuno-Mechanical Landscape: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- Cancer-associated fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment: heterogeneity, crosstalk mechanisms, and therapeutic implications.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
- Integrating Multiple Methods to Validate Key Genes Driving the Progression of Breast Ductal Carcinoma In Situ.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
- Cancer-associated fibroblasts regulate mitochondrial metabolism and inhibit chemosensitivity via ANGPTL4-IQGAP1 axis in prostate cancer.Journal of advanced research · 2025Article
- ANGPTL4: A Comprehensive Review of 25 Years of Research.Cancers · 2025Review
- ANGPTL4 promoted the cognitive impairment in vascular dementia via increasing integrin/p-Syk signalings induced mitochondrial autophagy and apoptosis in the hippocampus.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Adipocytes-induced ANGPTL4/KLF4 axis drives glycolysis and metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
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Abstract
In the tumor microenvironment, Cancer Associated Fibroblasts (CAFs) become activated by cancer cells and increase their secretory activity to produce soluble factors that contribute to tumor cells proliferation, invasion and dissemination to distant organs. The pro-tumorigenic transcription factor STAT3 and its canonical inducer, the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6, act conjunctly in a positive feedback loop that maintains high levels of IL-6 secretion and STAT3 activation in both tumor and stromal cells. Here, we demonstrate that STAT3 is essential for the pro-tumorigenic functions of murine breast cancer CAFs both in vitro and in vivo, and identify a STAT3 signature significantly enriched for genes encoding for secreted proteins. Among these, ANGPTL4, MMP13 and STC-1 were functionally validated as STAT3-dependent mediators of CAF pro-tumorigenic functions by different approaches. Both in vitro and in vivo CAFs activities were moreover impaired by MMP13 inhibition, supporting the feasibility of a therapeutic approach based on inhibiting STAT3-induced CAF-secreted proteins. The clinical potential of such an approach is supported by the observation that an equivalent CAF-STAT3 signature in humans is expressed at high levels in breast cancer stromal cells and characterizes patients with a shorter disease specific survival, including those with basal-like disease.
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