Here the authors, using an ex-vivo model, show that cancer - associated fibroblasts facilitate colon cancer
cells invasion in a matrix metalloproteinase - independent manner, likely by pulling and stretching the basement membrane to form gaps.
Furthermore, they found that by inhibiting Akt they could significantly slow cell proliferation, cell migration and
cell invasion in the lung cancer and bladder cancer cells.
A neuro - oncology research team at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center, led by the Director Mark A. Israel, MD with first author Gilbert J. Rahme, PhD, recently identified the transcription factor Id4 as a suppressor of tumor
cell invasion in glioblastoma.
By screening already approved drugs, the team led by Postdoctoral Researcher Guillaume Jacquemet and Academy Professor Johanna Ivaska has discovered that calcium channel blockers can efficiently stop cancer
cell invasion in vitro.
The researchers have shown that this marker protein changes myoepithelial cells in breast tissue to promote tumor
cell invasion in vitro and enhances mammary tumor growth in vivo.
University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researchers have identified an essential driver of tumor
cell invasion in glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer that can occur at any age.
S1, C to E) but decreased
cell invasion in both 1833 triple - negative and HER2 - positive SKBR3 breast cancer cells (fig.
However, the exact cytoskeletal strategy that the cell uses to cross the physical BM barrier depends on the physiological context and the physical environment, as observed by examining actin structures in invading cancer and immune cells, and in cells that invade during developmental processes such as angiogenesis and anchor
cell invasion in Caenorhabditis elegans.
This confirmed that the gene regulatory switch is highly specific to one cell type, monocytes and that tumor
cell invasion in the absence of this population had nothing to do with deregulated macrophage activity.
In a proof of principle study, we found that a previously undescribed single nucleotide polymorphism in the binding domain of the erythrocyte binding like protein (EBL) conferred a dramatic change in red blood
cell invasion in mutant rodent malaria parasites Plasmodium yoelii.
Not exact matches
Their antioxidant activity is known to inhibit
cell proliferation and
invasion, and promote apoptosis (
cell death)
in various cancer
cells.
«We think that these genes, which are normally only expressed
in the placenta to facilitate
invasion, are becoming reactivated
in cancer
cells and supporting
invasion in this context too,» she says.
The most common mutations, occurring
in five of the women, occurred
in genes including ARID1A, PIK3CA, KRAS and PPP2R1A, all known for controlling
cell growth,
cell invasion and DNA damage repair.
In the placenta, RDGs have been found working in pathways associated with many of the tools of invasion: immune suppression, blood vessel growth, cell proliferation, and inflammatio
In the placenta, RDGs have been found working
in pathways associated with many of the tools of invasion: immune suppression, blood vessel growth, cell proliferation, and inflammatio
in pathways associated with many of the tools of
invasion: immune suppression, blood vessel growth,
cell proliferation, and inflammation.
Her project aims to identify more placental RDGs and determine whether they are also activated
in cancer
cells, and if so, whether they promote cancer
cell invasion.
In subsequent experiments, the Einstein team deciphered other parts of the Rac1 signaling cascade during invasion and showed that this signaling mechanism is regulated differently in normal breast epithelial cell
In subsequent experiments, the Einstein team deciphered other parts of the Rac1 signaling cascade during
invasion and showed that this signaling mechanism is regulated differently
in normal breast epithelial cell
in normal breast epithelial
cells.
Published
in the February 27 issue of
Cell, the study found that tumor
cells that reach the brain — and successfully grow into new tumors — hug capillaries and express specific proteins that overcome the brain's natural defense against metastatic
invasion.
This study, published
in the journal Microarrays, shows that lack of SOST
in the bone microenvironment promotes the expression of many genes associated with
cell migration and / or
invasion, including long non-coding RNA MALAT1
in prostate cancer, suggesting that SOST has an inhibitory effect on prostate cancer
invasion.
By using «gemcitabine» chemotherapy to target cancer
cells, and a form of vitamin A to target the surrounding stromal
cells, the combined approach led to a reduction
in cancer
cell proliferation and
invasion.
Casanova's experiments, published
in Cell, point to an almost complete loss of DBR1 as the culprit, enabling brain stem virus
invasion in all seven patients.
The new locus they have identified is near a cluster of genes which code for proteins called «glycophorins» that are involved
in the malaria parasite's
invasion of red blood
cells.
«Elevated calcium triggers multiple signaling pathways that promote
cell doubling, survival and changes
in the
cell that promote cancer
invasion and metastasis,» says Dr. Copland.
The groundbreaking study identified a protein, known as cadherin - 22, as a potential factor
in cancer metastasis, or spread, and showed that hindering it decreased the adhesion and
invasion rate of breast and brain cancer
cells by up to 90 per cent.
Their paper, «Id4 suppresses MMP2 - mediated
invasion of glioblastoma - derived
cells by direct inactivation of Twist1 function,» was recently published
in Oncogene.
«By understanding how stress accelerates
invasion in aggressive breast tumor
cells, this work will inform future studies into whether beta - blockers could be a useful adjuvant therapy
in the treatment of some aggressive breast cancers.»
In preclinical experiments, the researchers disrupted AEG - 1 / Akt2 interaction through a process known as competitive binding and observed a reduction in GBM cell survival and invasio
In preclinical experiments, the researchers disrupted AEG - 1 / Akt2 interaction through a process known as competitive binding and observed a reduction
in GBM cell survival and invasio
in GBM
cell survival and
invasion.
In contrast, says Kawauchi, the new findings help explain how p53 affects the cytoskeletal processes within the
cell that drive
invasion.
A study
in The Journal of
Cell Biology uncovers one way that p53 acts to prevent cancer cell invas
Cell Biology uncovers one way that p53 acts to prevent cancer
cell invas
cell invasion.
The U of G researchers found that it is precisely under conditions of low oxygen that cancer
cells trigger the production of cadherin - 22, putting
in motion a kind of protein boost that helps bind
cells together, enhancing cellular movement,
invasion and likely metastasis.
«This finding suggests a novel therapeutic target to decrease
invasion of tumor
cells in patients and may also provide a novel biomarker that could help predict survival of patients with glioblastoma,» explained Israel.
In Southeast Asia, the variant hemoglobin E lessens the severity of falciparum malaria and decreases the susceptibility of red blood
cells to parasite
invasion.
To test this idea, they experimentally reduced the expression of the DNM30S lncRNA, which resulted
in reduced ovarian cancer
cell migration and
invasion.
The Nature Communications paper covers lung cancer
cells; a similar phenomenon of collective
invasion led by distinctive
cells has been observed
in breast cancer, but different genes and biochemical pathways appear to be important
in each system.
Studying simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), the team found that specialized
cells in the intestine called Paneth
cells are early responders to viral
invasion and are the source of gut inflammation by producing a cytokine called interleukin - 1 beta (IL - 1β).
Cell migration is highly coordinated and occurs in processes such as embryonic development, wound healing, the formation of new blood vessels, and tumour cell invas
Cell migration is highly coordinated and occurs
in processes such as embryonic development, wound healing, the formation of new blood vessels, and tumour
cell invas
cell invasion.
The findings, published
in Cell Host & Microbe, may represent a breakthrough strategy for treating West Nile Virus after virus
invasion of the brain and the central nervous system, noted senior author Priti Kumar, M.D., associate professor of infectious disease at Yale School of Medicine.
In the laboratory they showed how morphine can increase proliferation, migration and
invasion of tumor
cells.
Unrestrained epithelial
cell extrusion has been linked to tumor
cell invasion and metastasis
in other studies.
Retinal
cell death can be induced by phagocytic immune
cells that infiltrate the tissue
in response to injury or infection, but the molecular signals that trigger phagocyte
invasion are largely unknown.
However, when these myeloid
cells migrate to tumor sites, they can differentiate to tumor associated macrophages (TAMs), which can
in turn stimulate the formation of blood vessels
in tumors and promote enhanced tumor
cell invasion and motility.
Researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB uncover a new mechanism that regulates tumour initiation and
invasion in skin basal
cell carcinoma.
In addition, Sox9 acts also as key orchestrator of the extracellular matrix remodeling,
cell adhesion and cytoskeleton dynamics required for tumor
invasion.
It springs to life
in the presence of double - stranded RNA, which often accompanies
invasion of the
cell by a virus.
The new imaging technique will allow researchers to see the effects of novel drugs on this final stage
in the parasite's
invasion strategy, researchers report online on this week
in Cell Host & Microbe.
Research
in the UCR School of Medicine laboratory of David Lo found that certain
cells of the epithelium have a potentially important role
in immune surveillance — creating an electrostatic repulsion field to microbial
invasion.
The finding, reported by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Northeastern University, and MIT, provides insights into organ formation
in an embryo, healing of a wound, and even
invasion of
cells into surrounding tissue, as occurs
in cancer.
Interestingly, Bos and colleagues recently reported that EGFR and its ligand were highly expressed
in brain metastatic
cells and knockdown of EGFR ligands significantly attenuated
cell motility and
invasion in vitro and
in vivo.
A team led by Dr. Thorsten Eierhoff and Junior Professor Dr. Winfried Römer from the Institute of Biology II, members of the Cluster of Excellence BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies of the University of Freiburg, has identified a novel mechanism of bacterial
invasion: Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses lipids
in the
cell membrane to make its way into host
cells.
Treatment that targets the DNA
in HIV - infected
cells has been challenging because the persistent, incurable human immunodeficiency virus is able to insert its own DNA into the DNA of any infected
cell while disabling that
cell's ability to die to save other
cells from a viral
invasion.
According to the researchers, these findings suggest that differences
in shape from
cell - to -
cell within a tissue are key to their ability to jam and unjam — and that this process appears to drive biological events including embryonic development, wound healing, and, potentially, cancer
cell invasion.