13 February 2025
Cell Out
Circulating tumour cells can increase the frequency that Ca2+ ions oscillate (which affects molecular signalling pathways) in blood vessel lining (endothelial) cells triggering remodelling of the endothelial cell cytoskeleton, allowing tumour cells to creep through the vessel wall (extravasation) and spread around the body (metastasis)
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- Adapted image from work by Marina Peralta and colleagues
- Tumor Biomechanics lab, INSERM UMR_S1109, Strasbourg, France
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
- Published in iScience, February 2025
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