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Abstract
Tumor stroma is characterized by abnormal accumulation of dense fibrillar collagen, which promotes tumor progression and metastasis. However, the effect of desmoplastic collagen on cells has been unclear. Our recent findings demonstrate that dense fibrillar collagen activates a novel phosphosignaling mechanism for robust induction of invadopodia in tumor cells and normal fibroblasts.Entities:
Keywords: Cell-matrix interactions; dense fibrillar collagen; desmoplasia; extracellular matrix; integrin; invadopodia; invadosomes; metastasis
Year: 2015 PMID: 27314068 PMCID: PMC4909436 DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2015.1035476
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Oncol ISSN: 2372-3556