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Hiroshi Watarai

Kanazawa UniversityORCID 0000-0001-5701-0806Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:trajectory inference· 1

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Highly plastic macrophage niches orchestrate acquired quiescence and reactivation in breast-cancer bone metastasis

Yasuto Takeuchi, Huazi Zhang, Takahiko Murayama, Tsunaki Hongu, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Kuniko Horie, Satoshi Inoue, Masao Yano, Masahiko Tanabe, Yuki Kurokawa, Hirofumi Terakawa, Noriyuki Inaki, Kei-ichiro Tada, Etsuo A. Susaki, Eishu Hirata, , Noriko Gotoh

The paper identifies CXCL16 macrophages in bone metastases that transiently restrain cancer growth and G-CSF niches that promote reactivation, revealing CAF-bone-marrow interactions as a therapeutic target.

bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology