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Nature Cell Biology 11, 1281 - 1284 (2009)
Published online: 18 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/ncb1109-1281
TGF-
helps cells fly solo
Lauren A. Matise1, Michael W. Pickup1 & Harold L. Moses1
- Lauren Matise, Michael Pickup and Harold Moses are at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-6838, USA. e-mail: hal.moses@vanderbilt.edu.
Abstract
Intravital imaging demonstrates that TGF-
signalling regulates the mode of cancer cell motility. Cells with active TGF-
signalling migrate as single cells and are capable of hematogenous and lymphatic spread, whereas cells lacking TGF-
signalling invade lymphatics collectively.
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