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ReviewMolecular cancer2025

Exploring molecular and cellular mechanisms of Pre-Metastatic niche in renal cell carcinoma.

Xiao Zhou, Ruirui Li, Maode Lai, Chong Lai

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiao ZhouDepartment of Pathology, and Department of Pathology Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Research Unit of Intelligence Classification of Tumor Pathology and Precision Therapy, Chinese Academy of Medical Science (2019RU042), Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China.
Ruirui LiInstitute of Immunology, Department of Respiratory Disease of The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China.
Maode LaiDepartment of Pathology, and Department of Pathology Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Research Unit of Intelligence Classification of Tumor Pathology and Precision Therapy, Chinese Academy of Medical Science (2019RU042), Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China. lmd@zju.edu.cn.
Chong LaiDepartment of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China. clai8827@zju.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82072811
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is among the most frequently occurring types of cancer, and its metastasis is a major contributor to its elevated mortality. Before the primary tumor metastasizes to secondary or distant organs, it remodels the microenvironment of these sites, creating a pre-metastatic niche (PMN) conducive to the colonization and growth of metastatic tumors. RCC releases a variety of biomolecules that induce angiogenesis, alter vascular permeability, modulate immune cells to create an immunosuppressive microenvironment, affect extracellular matrix remodeling and metabolic reprogramming, and determine the organotropism of metastasis through different signaling pathways. This review summarizes the principal processes and mechanisms underlying the formation of the premetastatic niche in RCC. Additionally, we emphasize the significance and potential of targeting PMNs for the prevention and treatment of tumor metastasis in future therapeutic approaches. Finally, we summarized the currently potential targeted strategies for detecting and treating PMN in RCC and provide a roadmap for further in-depth studies on PMN in RCC.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansNeoplasm MetastasisNeovascularization, PathologicSignal Transduction

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PMID40264130
PMCPMC12012986

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