Therapy-activated stromal cells can dictate tumor fate

J Exp Med. 2016 Dec 12;213(13):2831-2833. doi: 10.1084/jem.20161845. Epub 2016 Nov 23.

Abstract

In this issue of JEM, Chan et al. describe a novel way by which an investigational form of chemotherapy known as low-dose metronomic chemotherapy can inhibit tumor growth, which also has therapeutic implications for targeting tumor-initiating cells (TICs), the tumor stroma, and chemokine receptors, as well as invasion and metastasis.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Metronomic
  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Proteins / metabolism*
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Receptors, Chemokine / metabolism*
  • Stromal Cells / metabolism
  • Stromal Cells / pathology

Substances

  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Receptors, Chemokine