| Literature DB >> 26949744 |
Emil Lou1.
Abstract
The role of intercellular communication is increasingly recognized as being critical to tumoral invasion, metastasis, and development of resistance to therapy. The recent discovery of cellular protrusions - tumour microtubes - connecting cancer cells in gliomas, and tunneling nanotubes in several other forms of cancer, sheds light on a novel mechanism for molecular networking. Interrupting and disrupting vital lines of intercellular cross-talk via these membranous cellular tubes has strong potential as a novel form of cancer-directed therapy.Entities:
Keywords: brain tumor networks; cellular protrusions; glioblastoma; intercellular communication; tumour microtubes; tunneling nanotubes
Year: 2016 PMID: 26949744 PMCID: PMC4776333 DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2015.12.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Cancer ISSN: 2405-8025