| Literature DB >> 27056543 |
FuiBoon Kai1, Hanane Laklai1, Valerie M Weaver2.
Abstract
Atherosclerosis, cancer, and various chronic fibrotic conditions are characterized by an increase in the migratory behavior of resident cells and the enhanced invasion of assorted exogenous cells across a stiffened extracellular matrix (ECM). This stiffened scaffold aberrantly engages cellular mechanosignaling networks in cells, which promotes the assembly of invadosomes and lamellae for cell invasion and migration. Accordingly, deciphering the conserved molecular mechanisms whereby matrix stiffness fosters invadosome and lamella formation could identify therapeutic targets to treat fibrotic conditions, and reducing ECM stiffness could ameliorate disease progression. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Entities:
Keywords: cancer; cardiovascular disease; extracellular matrix stiffness; fibrosis; invasion; migration
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27056543 PMCID: PMC4970516 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.03.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Cell Biol ISSN: 0962-8924 Impact factor: 20.808