Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Periprostatic adipocytes act as a driving force for prostate cancer progression in obesity

  • Victor Laurent,
  • Adrien Guérard,
  • Catherine Mazerolles,
  • Sophie Le Gonidec,
  • Aurélie Toulet,
  • Laurence Nieto,
  • Falek Zaidi,
  • Bilal Majed,
  • David Garandeau,
  • Youri Socrier,
  • Muriel Golzio,
  • Thomas Cadoudal,
  • Karima Chaoui,
  • Cedric Dray,
  • Bernard Monsarrat,
  • Odile Schiltz,
  • Yuan Yuan Wang,
  • Bettina Couderc,
  • Philippe Valet,
  • Bernard Malavaud,
  • Catherine Muller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10230
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Obesity is associated with an elevated risk of prostate cancer. Here, the authors show that periprostatic adipose tissue promotes the migration and local invasion of prostate cancer cells by secreting the chemokine, CCL7, and that this process is enhanced in the context of obesity.