The Role of Tumor Microenvironment in Chemoresistance: 3D Extracellular Matrices as Accomplices

Dimakatso Alice Senthebane, Tina Jonker, Arielle Rowe, Nicholas Ekow Thomford, Daniella Munro, Collet Dandara, Ambroise Wonkam, Dhirendra Govender, Bridget Calder, Nelson C. Soares,

International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2018 · 134 citations · 144 references

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Abstract

Our study shows that ECM proteins play a key role in the response of cancer cells to chemotherapy and suggest that targeting ECM proteins can be an effective therapeutic strategy against chemoresistant tumors.

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