Sentences with phrase «role in cancer invasion»

Carcinoma - associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a highly enriched cell population in the tumor microenvironment that plays an important role in cancer invasion.

It is highly enriched at the tumors» invasive front suggesting that it could play a role in cancer invasion.

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«Essentially, we are using the human placenta as a model to identify genes that play a key role in invasion in both the placenta and cancer,» wrote Chi Sutherland, a Ph.D. candidate leading the project, in an email.

In a second study, led by Bryan Hudson, a postdoc fellow, and LLNL biomedical scientist Nicholas Hum, looked into the role of SOST in regulating prostate cancer invasion and metastasiIn a second study, led by Bryan Hudson, a postdoc fellow, and LLNL biomedical scientist Nicholas Hum, looked into the role of SOST in regulating prostate cancer invasion and metastasiin regulating prostate cancer invasion and metastasis.

«BMI1 plays a substantial role in many solid tumors, including one of the most aggressive models of lung cancer, and its expression is linked with tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, prognosis and recurrence,» Levantini said.

HIF - 1 plays important roles in critical aspects of cancer biology, including tumor angiogenesis, regulation of glucose and energy metabolism, invasion, and metastasis.

ABL kinases regulate cancer cell invasion (21), but it is unclear whether they play a role in the regulation of subsequent steps of the metastatic cascade.

Multiple studies have shown that fascin, through its role in formation of cellular protrusions such as filopodia and invadopodia, enhances cancer cell migration and invasion in vitro.