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Gastroenterology. 2016 Aug 6.

Pancreatic Pre-malignant Lesions Secrete TIMP1, Which Activates Hepatic Stellate Cells Via CD63 Signaling to Create a Pre-Metastatic Niche in the Liver.

Grünwald B, Harant V, Schaten S, Frühschütz M, Spallek R, Höchst B, Stutzer K, Berchtold S, Erkan M, Prokopchuk O, Martignoni M, Esposito I, Heikenwalder M, Gupta A, Siveke J, Saftig P, Knolle P, Wohlleber D, Krüger A

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) metastasizes to liver at early stages, making this disease highly lethal. TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 1 (TIMP1) creates a metastasis-susceptible environment in the liver. We investigated the role of TIMP1 and its receptor CD63 in metastasis of early-stage pancreatic tumors using mice and human cell lines and tissue samples.

PMID: 27506299 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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