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TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 155-169Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2021.11.006
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [2021R1A5A2022318, 2021R1C1C1003904]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2021R1A5A2022318, 2021R1C1C1003904] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Cells in the tumor microenvironment sense and respond to the biophysical properties, influencing their development, progression, and metastasis. Recent research focuses on the mechanical responsiveness of cancer cells and the underlying mechanisms. Various mechano-modulating approaches have been developed to inhibit tumor growth and metastasis.
Cells sense the biophysical properties of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and adopt these signals in their development, progression, and metastatic dissemination. Recent work highlights the mechano-responsiveness of cells in tumors and the underlying mechanisms. Furthermore, approaches to mechano-modulating diverse types of cell have emerged aiming to inhibit tumor growth and metastasis. These include targeting mechanosensitive machineries in cancer cells to induce apoptosis, intervening matrix stiffening incurred by cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in both primary and metastatic tumor sites, and modulating matrix mechanics to improve immune cell therapeutic efficacy. This review is envisaged to help scientists and clinicians in cancer research to advance understanding of the cellular mechano-responsiveness in TME, and to harness these concepts for cancer mechanotherapies.
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