Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

EGFL9 promotes breast cancer metastasis by inducing cMET activation and metabolic reprogramming

  • Fanyan Meng,
  • Ling Wu,
  • Lun Dong,
  • Allison V. Mitchell,
  • C. James Block,
  • Jenney Liu,
  • Haijun Zhang,
  • Qing Lu,
  • Won-min Song,
  • Bin Zhang,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Jiani Hu,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Qifeng Yang,
  • Maik Hüttemann,
  • Guojun Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13034-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Triple-negative breast cancer is an aggressive form of the disease. Here, the authors identify EGFL9 as a mediator of metastasis in TNBC through interactions with cMET.