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Clonal evolution is, however, a dynamic process from which clones that are not necessarily committed to a malignant phenotype can also emerge, resulting in genetic heterogeneity in the tissue.
It has been documented that a variety of proteolytic enzymes produced by malignant epithelial cells could have substantial impacts on the physical integrity or functions of the subjacent ME cells and the basement membrane [ 30 31 32 ] . In contrast, ME cells could influence the biological behavior of subjacent epithelial cells.
The latter were previously described in the tumor cell lines K-A31 (Balb/3T3 clone A31 transformed by murine sarcoma virus, [ 32]), and in A875, a malignant human lung melanoma line [ 33].
The constitutive activation of Stat3 found in prostate cancer [ 27 43 ] could be an initial step in the clonal selection of malignant cells affecting not only Stat3-regulated genes but also AR, as part of the transcription complex recruited in response to activated AR.
Typically, lymph nodes are diagnosed by tomographic techniques (computed tomography [CT], magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) as malignant when their short axis is >10 mm in size [12].