The cholesterol metabolite 27 hydroxycholesterol facilitates breast cancer metastasis through its actions on immune cells

The cholesterol metabolite 27 hydroxycholesterol facilitates breast cancer metastasis through its actions on immune cells

High cholesterol is a risk factor for breast cancer recurrence. Here the authors show that cholesterol promotes breast cancer metastasis via its metabolite 27-hydroxycholesterol (27HC) that acts on immune myeloid cells residing at the distal metastatic sites, thus promoting an immune suppressive env...

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Main Authors: Amy E. Baek, Yen-Rei A. Yu, Sisi He, Suzanne E. Wardell, Ching-Yi Chang, Sanghoon Kwon, Ruchita V. Pillai, Hannah B. McDowell, J. Will Thompson, Laura G. Dubois, Patrick M. Sullivan, Jongsook K. Kemper, Michael D. Gunn, Donald P. McDonnell, Erik R. Nelson
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f990d083ec9e44f8ab4139f27a94e9ba
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