Tumor microenvironment: driving forces and potential therapeutic targets for breast cancer metastasis

Cancer Communications

Table 2 Stromal cells in breast cancer metastasis

Stromal cells	Function in breast cancer metastasis	Reference(s)
Immune cells
Macrophages	Promotion	[40,41,42,43,44]
Neutrophils	Promotion/suppression	[45, 46, 96, 97]
T cells	Promotion/suppression	[44, 46, 49]
Natural killer cells	Suppression	[50, 51]
Cancer-associated fibroblasts	Promotion	[53, 76]
Pericytes	Suppression	[54, 55]
Mesenchymal stem cells	Promotion	[26, 56]

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