Dangerous Liaisons: Deviant Endothelium NOTCHes toward Tumor Metastasis.

In this issue of Cancer Cell , Wieland et al. uncover a feedback loop in which tumor cells, by augmenting Notch signaling, provoke a senescent and pro-inflammatory state in endothelial cells, promoting neutrophil infiltration, tumor cell adhesion, and metastasis. Interfering with this Notch-dependent crosstalk may be a therapeutic approach to block metastasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]