Análisis transcriptómico unicelular de ecosistemas tumorales primarios y metastásicos en cáncer de cabeza y cuello

Sidharth V Puram1, Itay Tirosh2, Anuraag S Parikh1

  • 1Department of Pathology and Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Cell
|December 5, 2017
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio revela que la transición parcial epitelial a mesenquimal (p-EMT) en las células de carcinoma de células escamosas de cabeza y cuello (HNSCC) predice la metástasis. Comprender la heterogeneidad de las células tumorales y las interacciones estomales es clave para el tratamiento del HNSCC.

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