The omentum, a niche for premetastatic ovarian cancer. Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The work by Etzerodt et al. in this issue of JEM (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20191869) identifies a distinct omentum-resident macrophage population of embryonic origin and demonstrates that these cells provide a niche for ovarian cancer metastasis and cancer stemness. This research opens up for many questions and therapeutic prospects.

publication date

  • April 6, 2020

Research

keywords

  • Omentum
  • Ovarian Neoplasms

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC7144536

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85080024071

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1084/jem.20192312

PubMed ID

  • 32103261

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 217

issue

  • 4