| Literature DB >> 33673054 |
Svetlana N Rubtsova1, Irina Y Zhitnyak1, Natalya A Gloushankova1.
Abstract
There is ample evidence that, instead of a binary switch, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancer results in a flexible array of phenotypes, each one uniquely suited to a stage in the invasion-metastasis cascade. The phenotypic plasticity of epithelium-derived cancer cells gives them an edge in surviving and thriving in alien environments. This review describes in detail the actin cytoskeleton and E-cadherin-based adherens junction rearrangements that cancer cells need to implement in order to achieve the advantageous epithelial/mesenchymal phenotype and plasticity of migratory phenotypes that can arise from partial EMT.Entities:
Keywords: E-cadherin; EMT; actin cytoskeleton; adherens junctions; cancer cells; migration; plasticity
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33673054 PMCID: PMC7918886 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041821
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Mol Sci ISSN: 1422-0067 Impact factor: 5.923