Abstract

Metastasis is a multi-step process that involves multiple different tissue components supporting a heterotopic cancer cell. We propose that mesenchymal cell interactions with cancer cells play a critical role in the successful engraftment of the cancer in a metastatic site. We will test that hypothesis through the examination and manipulation of specific subsets of mesenchymal cells interacting with primary prostate cancer cells of defined genotype.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Specialized Center--Cooperative Agreements (U54)
Project #
5U54CA163191-04
Application #
8617821
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCA1-SRLB-3)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2013-08-01
Budget End
2014-07-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$281,424
Indirect Cost
$79,184

  Institution

Name
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
800772139
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77030

  Publications

Chattopadhyay, Shrikanta; Stewart, Alison L; Mukherjee, Siddhartha et al. (2015) Niche-Based Screening in Multiple Myeloma Identifies a Kinesin-5 Inhibitor with Improved Selectivity over Hematopoietic Progenitors. Cell Rep :
Keskin, Doruk; Kim, Jiha; Cooke, Vesselina G et al. (2015) Targeting vascular pericytes in hypoxic tumors increases lung metastasis via angiopoietin-2. Cell Rep 10:1066-81
Krause, Daniela S; Scadden, David T (2015) A hostel for the hostile: the bone marrow niche in hematologic neoplasms. Haematologica 100:1376-87
Cleland, Timothy P; Schroeter, Elena R; Zamdborg, Leonid et al. (2015) Mass Spectrometry and Antibody-Based Characterization of Blood Vessels from Brachylophosaurus canadensis. J Proteome Res 14:5252-62
Zheng, Xiaofeng; Carstens, Julienne L; Kim, Jiha et al. (2015) Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is dispensable for metastasis but induces chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer. Nature 527:525-530
Zeisberg, Michael; Tampe, Björn; LeBleu, Valerie et al. (2014) Thrombospondin-1 deficiency causes a shift from fibroproliferative to inflammatory kidney disease and delays onset of renal failure. Am J Pathol 184:2687-98
Özdemir, Berna C; Pentcheva-Hoang, Tsvetelina; Carstens, Julienne L et al. (2014) Depletion of carcinoma-associated fibroblasts and fibrosis induces immunosuppression and accelerates pancreas cancer with reduced survival. Cancer Cell 25:719-34
Scadden, David T (2014) Nice neighborhood: emerging concepts of the stem cell niche. Cell 157:41-50
Melo, Sonia A; Sugimoto, Hikaru; O'Connell, Joyce T et al. (2014) Cancer exosomes perform cell-independent microRNA biogenesis and promote tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell 26:707-21
Charytan, David M; Padera, Robert; Helfand, Alexander M et al. (2014) Increased concentration of circulating angiogenesis and nitric oxide inhibitors induces endothelial to mesenchymal transition and myocardial fibrosis in patients with chronic kidney disease. Int J Cardiol 176:99-109

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