Fibroblasts: Dangerous travel companions

In this issue of JEM, Gao et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20180765) demystify the exceptional metastatic success of ovarian cancer, the most lethal female malignancy: fibroblasts form heterotypic aggregates with disseminating cancer cells, thereby providing them with reciprocal signaling and matrix for adherence.
Source: The Journal of Experimental Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Solid Tumors, Tumor Immunology Insights Source Type: research