title: Mammary tumorigenesis through LPA receptor signaling.
abstract: Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a lipid growth factor that is produced by an extracellular phospholipase, termed autotaxin (ATX), and acts via G protein-coupled receptors. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Liu et al. show that transgenic overexpression of ATX or LPA receptors leads to invasive and metastatic mammary cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jos
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jonkers
authors.forename: Wouter H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Moolenaar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D043264:Phosphodiesterase I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D011755:Pyrophosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D049368:Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D000099189:Lysophospholipase D
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D043264:Phosphodiesterase I; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D011755:Pyrophosphatases; D049368:Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid; D000099189:Lysophospholipase D