Obesity-associated NLRC4 inflammasome activation drives breast cancer progression
oleh: Ryan Kolb, Liem Phan, Nicholas Borcherding, Yinghong Liu, Fang Yuan, Ann M. Janowski, Qing Xie, Kathleen R. Markan, Wei Li, Matthew J. Potthoff, Enrique Fuentes-Mattei, Lesley G. Ellies, C. Michael Knudson, Mong-Hong Lee, Sai-Ching J. Yeung, Suzanne L. Cassel, Fayyaz S. Sutterwala, Weizhou Zhang
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Obesity is associated with higher breast cancer risk and poor prognosis. Here, the authors show that obesity promotes breast cancer through the recruitment of macrophages with activated NLRC4 inflammasome, which activate IL-1β production, resulting in VEGFA expression in adipocytes and angiogenesis.