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TGF-β signaling activated by cancer-associated fibroblasts determines the histological signature of lung adenocarcinoma

ABSTRACT: Invasive lung adenocarcinoma (LADC) is classified histologically as lepidic, acinar, papillary, micropapillary, or solid. We found that A549 human LADC cells formed tumors with distinct histological features—solid-type or acinar-type tumors—depending on the site of development in immunodeficient mice and that a solid-to-acinar transition (SAT) could be induced by cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in 3D cocultures with A549. To clarify the molecular mechanisms contributing to SAT induction, we performed RNA-seq analysis of four A549 tumor cell samples derived from solid- or acinar-type tumor tissue formed in vivo or from 3D tumor colonies formed in the presence or absence of CAFs in vitro.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE169029 | GEO | 2022/03/15

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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