"Different tumor types tend to hijack various members of the TIM superfamily or modify the same member differently, which grants them specific identity tags. The function of these tags includes at least: one, maintaining adhesion and communication between tumor cells, forming functional communities; two, conversing with specific stromal cells and immunocytes in the tumor microenvironment, shaping a survival-friendly environment; three, possibly involved in metabolic reprogramming and selective formation of metastatic niches."
Song Zimo took a deep breath, the professor's pace was incredibly fast, and even though the experiment had just begun, he had already delineated an accurate theoretical direction.
"So, our previous research on the K Factor may actually have been only partially correct. Does the K Factor binding with TIM potentially also disrupt this identity communication that cancer cells rely on?"
