Interactions between cancer stem cells and their niche govern metastatic colonization

Breast cancer cells produce tenascin C as a metastatic niche component to colonize the lungs

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Biological and Molecular Heterogeneity of Breast Cancers Correlates with Their Cancer Stem Cell Content

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Wnt Proteins Are Self-Renewal Factors for Mammary Stem Cells and Promote Their Long-Term Expansion in Culture

(2010) Yi Arial Zeng et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Wnt activity defines colon cancer stem cells and is regulated by the microenvironment

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Impaired capsule formation of tumors in periostin-null mice

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GATA-3 Links Tumor Differentiation and Dissemination in a Luminal Breast Cancer Model

(2008) Hosein Kouros-Mehr et al.   CANCER CELL

Systemic Spread Is an Early Step in Breast Cancer

(2008) Yves Hüsemann et al.   CANCER CELL

Identification of Tumor-Initiating Cells in a p53-Null Mouse Model of Breast Cancer

(2008) M. Zhang et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Migratory neighbors and distant invaders: tumor-associated niche cells

(2008) J. Wels et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Cutaneous cancer stem cell maintenance is dependent on β-catenin signalling

(2008) Ilaria Malanchi et al.   NATURE

Crypt stem cells as the cells-of-origin of intestinal cancer

(2008) Nick Barker et al.   NATURE

Seeding and Propagation of Untransformed Mouse Mammary Cells in the Lung

(2008) K. Podsypanina et al.   SCIENCE

Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Cancer Stem Cells in MMTV-Wnt-1Murine Breast Tumors

(2007) Robert W. Cho et al.   STEM CELLS