Stress signals redesign tissues during inflammation and cancer (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Stress signals redesign tissues during inflammation and cancer

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Stress signals redesign tissues during inflammation and cancer. Left: Normal tissue maintenance. Right: Stress signals “switch on” fibroblasts, turning them into myCAFs (purple) that actively recruit nerves (cyan) into the pancreas.

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Tuveson lab/CSHL

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