Mesenchymal stem cells promote metastasis through activation of an ABL-MMP9 signaling axis in lung cancer cells

• Jing Jin Gu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Jacob Hoj,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Clay Rouse,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Laboratory Animal Resources, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Ann Marie Pendergast

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ann.pendergast@duke.edu

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1250-6880

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