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Survival skills ensure that cancer spreads
- Source :
- Nature. September, 2019, Vol. 573 Issue 7774, p353, 2 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- How cancer cells migrate to a secondary site and become established there is not fully understood. An analysis of mouse and human cancer cells could help settle the debate about the role of the protein E-cadherin in this process. Expression of the protein E-cadherin aids the process of metastasis.<br />Author(s): Roger R. Gomis Author Affiliations: Survival skills ensure that cancer spreads When cancer spreads from its primary site to become established at a secondary location, this process, termed metastasis, [...]
- Subjects :
- Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Analysis
Metastasis -- Analysis -- Control
Tumor suppressor genes -- Influence
Cell migration -- Analysis
Cancer -- Development and progression -- Genetic aspects
Environmental issues
Science and technology
Zoology and wildlife conservation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00280836
- Volume :
- 573
- Issue :
- 7774
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Nature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.599946683
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02570-z