Embryonic protein NODAL regulates the breast tumor microenvironment by reprogramming cancer-derived secretomes
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is an important mediator 150 of breast cancer progression.Cancer-associated fibroblasts constitute a major component of the TME and may originate from tissue-associated fibroblasts or infiltrating mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs).The mechanisms by which cancer cells activate fibroblasts and recruit MSCs to the TME a