Never Travel Alone: The Crosstalk of Circulating Tumor Cells and the Blood Microenvironment
- Others:
- FHU OncoAge - Pathologies liées à l'âge [CHU Nice] (OncoAge) ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire [UNIV Côte d'Azur] (UPMC)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
- Institut de Recherche sur le Cancer et le Vieillissement (IRCAN) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
- Université Nice Sophia Antipolis - Faculté de Médecine (UNS UFR Médecine) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)
- Aide à la Décision pour une Médecine Personnalisé - Laboratoire de Biostatistique, Epidémiologie et Recherche Clinique - EA 2415 (AIDMP) ; Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université de Montpellier (UM)
- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)
- Institut de biologie et chimie des protéines [Lyon] (IBCP) ; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) ; Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Description
Commonly, circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are described as source of metastasis in cancer patients. However, in this process cancer cells of the primary tumor site need to survive the physical and biological challenges in the blood stream before leaving the circulation to become the seed of a new metastatic site in distant parenchyma. Most of the CTCs released in the blood stream will not resist those challenges and will consequently fail to induce metastasis. A few of them, however, interact closely with other blood cells, such as neutrophils, platelets, and/or macrophages to survive in the blood stream. Recent studies demonstrated that the interaction and modulation of the blood microenvironment by CTCs is pivotal for the development of new metastasis, making it an interesting target for potential novel treatment strategies. This review will discuss the recent research on the processes in the blood microenvironment with CTCs and will outline currently investigated treatment strategies.
Abstract
International audience
Additional details
- URL
- https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-02571402
- URN
- urn:oai:HAL:hal-02571402v1
- Origin repository
- UNICA