Macrophage binding to receptor VCAM-1 transmits survival signals in breast cancer cells that invade the lungs.

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Published in Cancer Cell on October 18, 2011

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Qing Chen1, Xiang H-F Zhang, Joan Massagué

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1: Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.

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