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- Title
Invasive growth: a MET-driven genetic programme for cancer and stem cells.
- Authors
Boccaccio, Carla; Comoglio, Paolo M
- Abstract
Metastasis follows the inappropriate activation of a genetic programme termed invasive growth, which is a physiological process that occurs during embryonic development and post-natal organ regeneration. Burgeoning evidence indicates that invasive growth is also executed by stem and progenitor cells, and is usurped by cancer stem cells. The MET proto-oncogene, which is expressed in both stem and cancer cells, is a key regulator of invasive growth. Recent findings indicate that the MET tyrosine-kinase receptor is a sensor of adverse microenvironmental conditions (such as hypoxia) and drives cell invasion and metastasis through the transcriptional activation of a set of genes that control blood coagulation.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Cancer, 2006, Vol 6, Issue 8, p637
- ISSN
1474-175X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrc1912