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@ARTICLE{FreireValls:144155,
author = {A. Freire Valls and K. Knipper and E. Giannakouri and V.
Sarachaga and S. Hinterkopf and M. Wuehrl and Y. Shen and P.
Radhakrishnan and J. Klose and A. Ulrich and M. Schneider
and H. Augustin$^*$ and C. Ruiz de Almodovar and T. Schmidt},
title = {{VEGFR}1+ metastasis-associated macrophages contribute to
metastatic angiogenesis and influence colorectal cancer
patient outcome.311},
journal = {Clinical cancer research},
volume = {25},
number = {18},
issn = {1557-3265},
address = {Philadelphia, Pa. [u.a.]},
publisher = {AACR},
reportid = {DKFZ-2019-01704},
pages = {5674-5685},
year = {2019},
note = {DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance},
abstract = {To investigate the clinical relevance of macrophages in
liver metastasis of colorectal cancer and their influence on
angiogenesis and patient survival. Moreover, to evaluate
specific blood monocytes as markers of disease recurrence.In
a mouse model with spontaneous LM, the angiogenic
characteristics of tumor- (TAMs) and metastasis- (MAMs)
associated macrophages were evaluated. Macrophages and the
vasculature from 130 primary tumor (pTU) and 123 liver
metastasis (LM) patients were assessed. In vivo and in human
samples, the clinical relevance of macrophage VEGFR1
expression was analyzed. Blood samples from patients (n =
157, 80 pTU and 77 LM) were analyzed for assessing VEGFR1+
cells as suitable biomarkers of disease recurrence.The
number of macrophages positively correlated with
vascularization in metastasis. Both in the murine model as
well as in primary isolated human cells, a sub-population of
MAMs expressing VEGFR1 were found highly angiogenic. While
VEGFR1 expression in pTU patients did not predict prognosis;
high percentage of VEGFR1+ cells in LM was associated with
worse patient outcome. Interestingly, VEGFR1+ circulating
monocytes in blood samples from LM patients not only
predicted progression but also site of recurrence.Our
findings identify a new subset of pro-angiogenic VEGFR1+
MAMs in colorectal cancer that support metastatic growth and
may become a liquid biomarker to predict disease recurrence
in the liver.},
cin = {A190},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)A190-20160331},
pnm = {311 - Signalling pathways, cell and tumor biology
(POF3-311)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-311},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:31239322},
doi = {10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-2123},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/144155},
}