{"id":98298,"date":"2025-02-03T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T06:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/levanews.com\/?p=53130"},"modified":"2025-02-03T22:22:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:22:57","slug":"the-role-of-collagen-in-keeping-c-a-n-c-e-r-cells-dormant-a-new-frontier-in-c-a-n-c-e-r-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/the-role-of-collagen-in-keeping-c-a-n-c-e-r-cells-dormant-a-new-frontier-in-c-a-n-c-e-r-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Collagen in Keeping C.a.n.c.e.r Cells Dormant: A New Frontier in C.a.n.c.e.r Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, prompting ongoing research into potential treatments. In 2021, scientists discovered that a specific type of collagen might help keep dormant cancer cells from becoming active, offering new possibilities for cancer treatment.\n A study published in Nature Cancer found that in mice, dormant cancer cells were surrounded by higher amounts of a specific collagen type than active cancer cells. This collagen, known as type III collagen, is a key protein in connective tissue.\n Researchers also analyzed patients with head and neck cancer and observed a similar pattern. Tumors with lower amounts of type III collagen were more likely to spread to the lymph nodes, suggesting that this collagen helps keep cancer cells inactive. When collagen levels drop, the cancer becomes active again.\n In mouse models, researchers observed that type III collagen levels gradually decreased over time. When this happened, the cancer cells became active. They also found that the collagen altered the body\u2019s chemistry, maintaining dormancy through a process called the signaling pathway. When this process was disrupted, the cancer reactivated.\n These findings could help oncologists predict whether a cancer is likely to spread. Additionally, researchers found that replacing tumors with scaffolds made of this collagen could prevent cancer from growing and spreading. Using specialized microscopy, they monitored cancer cells in real time.\n \u201cWe want to film them in real time so we can understand their process and their behavior,\u201d said study senior author Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero. He noted that tumors with decreasing collagen expression might be more likely to spread.\n Collagen plays a crucial role in the body, and increasing collagen intake may have potential health benefits. Some ways to boost collagen naturally include:\n When selecting a collagen supplement, consider the following:\n In mice, scientists successfully forced cancer cells into a dormant state about 80% of the time. While promising, it remains unclear if the same approach will work in humans, as human cancers are more complex.\n Though further studies are needed before this discovery can be used in regular cancer treatments, these findings offer hope for new strategies to prevent cancer from spreading\u2014an exciting possibility for those affected by the disease.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, prompting ongoing research into potential treatments. In 2021, scientists discovered that a specific type of collagen might help keep dormant cancer cells from becoming active, offering new possibilities for cancer treatment. The Role of Collagen in Cancer Prevention A study published in Nature Cancer found …\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":98299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670,1441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-tips-and-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98304,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98298\/revisions\/98304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Role of Collagen in Cancer Prevention\n
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How It Works\n
Implications for Cancer Treatment\n
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Boosting Collagen Intake\n
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Choosing the Right Collagen Supplement\n
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More Research Needed\n