Identifiers
HUGO:POSTN
Maps_Modules
HMC:TUMOR_PROMOTING_INFLAMMATION
HMC:ACTIVATING_INVASION_AND_METASTASIS
Cancer Associated Fibroblasts / MATRIX_REGULATION
References
CASCADE:TGFB
PMID:22158103
Postn expression in fibroblast is activated by TGFB signaling, probably via SMAD.
Infiltrating tumour cells need to induce stromal POSTN expression in the secondary target organ (in this case lung) to initiate colonization. POSTN is required to allow cancer stem cell maintenance, and blocking its function prevents metastasis.