Vanderbilt Researchers Make Counterintuitive Discoveries About Immune-Like Characteristics of Cells, Chemotherapy's Impact on Tissue Growth
October 16, 2020
October 16, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 16 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:
Vanderbilt University researchers have reported the counterintuitive discovery that certain chemotherapeutic agents used to treat tumors can have the opposite effect of tissue overgrowth in normal, intact mammary glands, epidermis and hair follicles. The researchers also are the first to report the discovery of an innate immune signaling pathway in fibroblasts--the spindle-shaped cells respons . . .
Vanderbilt University researchers have reported the counterintuitive discovery that certain chemotherapeutic agents used to treat tumors can have the opposite effect of tissue overgrowth in normal, intact mammary glands, epidermis and hair follicles. The researchers also are the first to report the discovery of an innate immune signaling pathway in fibroblasts--the spindle-shaped cells respons . . .