Cell Adhesion and Matrix Stiffness: Coordinating Cancer Cell Invasion and Metastasis

Metastasis is a multistep process in which tumor extracellular matrix (ECM) and cancer cell cytoskeleton interactions are pivotal. ECM is connected, through integrins, to the cell’s adhesome at cell–ECM adhesion sites and through them to the actin cytoskeleton and various downstream signaling pathwa...

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Main Authors: Vasiliki Gkretsi, Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2018.00145/full