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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Physiol. 2017 Dec 12;8(1):237–282. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c170008

Figure 13. Adipocytes promote tumor progression and metastasis.

Figure 13

Adipocytes may provide metabolic substrates directly to cancer cells, or may indirectly influence cancer metabolism through exosome secretion. Adipocytes also secrete a variety of factors that promote tumor growth, EMT (epithelial-mesenchymal transition), acquisition of stem-like features, invasive behavior, and metastasis.