Live imaging of breast tumors shows macrophage-dependent induction and TMEM-mediated enrichment of cancer stem cells during metastatic dissemination
V. P. Sharma, B. Tang, Y. Wang…·M. H. Oktay
The paper uses intravital imaging to show macrophage-induced cancer stem cells (CSCs) are enriched at TMEM doorways during metastasis, with CSCs comprising >60% of circulating tumor cells.