Endovascular progenitors invade melanoma tumors and differentiate towards a variety of vascular beds to promote tumor metastasis

Tumors have the capacity to trigger the formation of blood vessels allowing them to spread to other body parts. We examined here the stem cells that form arteries and veins within tumors and propose that their inhibition reduces metastatic spread. Examination of dynamics and differentiation of tissue resident endothelial hierarchy in a melanoma setting