Jun Zhang, Lingfeng Fu, Huaitao Wang, Atsuko Yonemura, Takashi Semba, Noriko Yasuda-Yoshihara, Akiho Nishimura, Takuya Tajiri, Yilin Tong, Tadahito Yasuda, Tomoyuki Uchihara, Masaya Yamazaki, Yuya Okamoto, Juntaro Yamasaki, Osamu Nagano, Hideo Baba, Takatsugu Ishimoto
Diffuse-type gastric cancer (DGC) is a subtype of gastric cancer that is prone to peritoneal dissemination, with poor patient prognosis. Although intercellular adhesion loss between cancer cells is a major characteristic of DGCs, the mechanism underlying the alteration in cell-to-extracellular matrix (ECM) adhesion is unclear. We investigated how DGCs progress and cause peritoneal dissemination through interactions between DGC cells and the tumour microenvironment (TME). p53 knockout and KRASG12V -expressing (GAN-KP) cells and Cdh1-deleted GAN-KP (GAN-KPC) cells were orthotopically transplanted into the gastric wall to mimic peritoneal dissemination...
April 17, 2024: Cancer Letters