Identifiers
HUGO:STC1
Maps_Modules
HMC:TUMOR_PROMOTING_INFLAMMATION
HMC:ACTIVATING_INVASION_AND_METASTASIS
Cancer Associated Fibroblasts / GROWTH_FACTORS_PRODUCTION
References
CASCADE:PDGF
PMID:23243022
Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analyses of STC1 expression confirmed a 15-fold STC1-induction upon PDGF stimulation of fibroblasts
STC1 expression by cancer-associated fibroblasts drives metastasis of colorectal cancer
STC1-deficient fibroblasts displayed reduced intravasation of tumor cells along with fewer and smaller distant metastases formed.