ADSCs and adipocytes are the main producers in the autotaxin-lysophosphatidic acid axis of breast cancer and healthy mammary tissue in vitro.
Rafael SchmidKatharina WolfJan W RoberingSelina StraußPamela L StrisselReiner StrickMatthias RübnerPeter A FaschingRaymund E HorchAndreas E KremerAnja M BoosAnnika Kengelbach-WeigandPublished in: BMC cancer (2018)
We here show that each mammary cell population plays a different role in the ATX-LPA axis with ADSCs and adipocytes being the main source of ATX in tumor patients in our experimental setting. Inhibitors of this axis may therefore present a valuable target for pharmacological therapies.