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Kenneth J. Pienta

Researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Publications -  751
Citations -  72579

Kenneth J. Pienta is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prostate cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 127, co-authored 671 publications receiving 64531 citations. Previous affiliations of Kenneth J. Pienta include Rutgers University & Harper University Hospital.

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Polyclonal breast cancer metastases arise from collective dissemination of keratin 14-expressing tumor cell clusters.

TL;DR: K14 is revealed as a key regulator of metastasis and the concept that K14+ epithelial tumor cell clusters disseminate collectively to colonize distant organs is established, to enable novel prognostics and therapies to improve patient outcomes.
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CCL2 and interleukin-6 promote survival of human CD11b+ peripheral blood mononuclear cells and induce M2-type macrophage polarization.

TL;DR: A role for CCL2 and IL-6 in the survival of myeloid monocytes recruited to the tumor microenvironment and their differentiation toward tumor-promoting M2-type macrophages via inhibition of caspase-8 cleavage and enhanced autophagy is suggested.