## Abstract Transcription factors (TFs) are modulators of gene expression that are critically important in the establishment and progression of human cancers. In the current study, the activity profiles of TFs in a normal nasopharyngeal epithelial cell line and in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cel
Adhesion of metastatic and non-metastatic carcinoma cells to glass surfaces
โ Scribed by M. Cottler-Fox; W. Ryd; B. Hagmar; C. H. Fox
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 711 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Adhesion in vitro is described in cells from a tumor pair originating from a single methylcholanthreneโinduced mouse carcinoma. One member of this tumor pair shows a high incidence of metastases while the other does not metastasize. Cells from the nonโmetastasizing carcinoma were found to form close and focal contacts with a glass substrate consecutively, as do normal mouse kidney epithelial cells. Cells from the metastasizing carcinoma, however, had only limited areas of close contact and generally failed to form focal contacts. It is suggested that this alteration in cellโsubstrate adhesion contributes to the release and mobility of metastatic cells.
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