Not exact matches
They compared Ras - transformed
cells with and without p53 and observed that those expressing p53 were less invasive and formed fewer focal
adhesions, the molecular linkages that connect the structural scaffolding
within the
cell to the extracellular matrix that surrounds the
cell.
This, in turn, enhanced cellular contractility and
adhesion, allowing
cells to retain their shape and position
within stiff extracellular matrices.
The laboratory currently pursues four integrated research objectives: 1) Defining how dynamic regulation of
adhesion and migration controls metastasis, 2) Identification and characterization of the metastatic
cell populations
within a primary tumor, 3) Experimental modeling of metastasis in a clinically relevant manner, and 4) clinical implementation of molecular markers of migration as biomarkers of tumor progression and metastasis.
The diagnostic domains of two major
cell —
cell adhesion superfamilies, the cadherins and the immunoglobulins, are present in Monosiga
within the extracellular region of putative transmembrane proteins31, 34 (Supplementary Note 8.8).