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A palmitate-rich metastatic niche enables metastasis growth via p65 acetylation resulting in pro-metastatic NF-κB signaling

Patricia Altea-Manzano, Ginevra Doglioni, Yawen Liu and 47 more

Nature Cancer · 2023

doi:10.1038/s43018-023-00513-2

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