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Metastasis requires the presence of three cells in the same microanatomic site: a tumor cell that produces the protein MENA; a macrophage (cells that guide tumor cells to blood vessels); and a blood-vessel endothelial cell.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Recently, Dr. Condeelis found that breast cancer spreads only when a specific trio of cells are present together in the same microanatomic site: an endothelial cell (a type of cell that lines the blood vessels), a perivascular macrophage (a type of immune cell found near blood vessels), and a tumor cell that produces Mena.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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