A cell-based fascin bioassay identifies compounds with potential anti-metastasis or cognition-enhancing functions

SUMMARY The actin-bundling protein fascin is a key mediator of tumor invasion and metastasis and its activity drives filopodia formation, cell-shape changes and cell migration. Small-molecule inhibitors of fascin block tumor metastasis in animal models. Conversely, fascin deficiency might underlie t...

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Main Authors: Robert Kraft, Allon Kahn, José L. Medina-Franco, Mikayla L. Orlowski, Cayla Baynes, Fabian López-Vallejo, Kobus Barnard, Gerald M. Maggiora, Linda L. Restifo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2013-01-01
Series:Disease Models & Mechanisms
Online Access:http://dmm.biologists.org/content/6/1/217