Small extracellular vesicles promote stiffness-mediated metastasis
A. Sneider, Y. Liu, B. Starich, W. Du, C. Marar, N. Faqih, G. E. Ciotti, J. H. Kim, S. Krishnan, S. Ibrahim, M. Igboko, A. Locke, D. M. Lewis, H. Hong, M. Karl, , D. Wirtz
The paper shows that breast cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (EVs) become more adhesive and metastatic when produced in stiff matrices, promoting cancer spread through enhanced chemotaxis and fibroblast reprogramming.
bioRxiv · Jul 1, 2023Cancer Biology