期刊
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY
卷 83, 期 2, 页码 170-183出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2011.11.005
关键词
Tumor invasion; Breast cancer; Pathology; Mechanobiology; Cell forces
资金
- Cornell Center on the Microenvironment & Metastasis through National Cancer Institute [U54CA143876]
- National Science Foundation
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The physical sciences and engineering have introduced novel perspectives into the study of cancer through model systems, tools, and metrics that enable integration of basic science observations with clinical data. These methods have contributed to the identification of several overarching mechanisms that drive processes during cancer progression including tumor growth, angiogenesis, and metastasis. During tumor cell invasion-the first clinically observable step of metastasis-cells demonstrate diverse and evolving physical phenotypes that cannot typically be defined by any single molecular mechanism, and mechanobiology has been used to study the physical cell behaviors that comprise the invasive phenotype. In this review, we discuss the continually evolving pathological characterization and in vitro mechanobiological characterization of tumor invasion, with emphasis on emerging physical biology and mechanobiology strategies that have contributed to a more robust mechanistic understanding of tumor cell invasion. These physical approaches may ultimately help to better predict and identify tumor metastasis. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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