Mechanical compression drives cancer cells toward invasive phenotype - Tse, Janet M; Cheng, Gang; Tyrrell, James A; Wilcox-Adelman, Sarah A; Boucher, Yves; Jain, Rakesh K; Munn, Lance L (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2012)
Keywords: Actomyosin - metabolism; Adhesion; Biological Sciences; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Cancer; carcinoma; Cell Adhesion; Cell adhesion & migration; Cell growth; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell lines; Cell Movement; Cell-Matrix Junctions - metabolism; Compressive stress; Confined spaces; Cultured cells; Cytoskeleton - metabolism; Disease prevention; Endothelial cells; Epithelial cells; Female; Focal adhesions; Genotype & phenotype; Humans; Models, Biological; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Phenotype; Physical Sciences; Pseudopodia - metabolism; Stress, Mechanical; Tumors