News tagged with cell migration
Metastatic breast cancer hitches a free ride from the immune system
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most lethal form of breast cancer . It spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming metastasis which can lead to multi-organ failure. New research published in BioMed ...
Feb 10, 2012 |
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ISG15: A novel therapeutic target to slow breast cancer cell motility
Interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15), a ubiquitin like protein, is highly elevated in a variety of cancers including breast cancer. How the elevated ISG15 pathway contributes to tumorigenic phenotypes remains unclear and ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Researchers unravel biochemical factor important in tumor metastasis
A protein called "fascin" appears to play a critical transformation role in TGF beta mediated tumor metastasis, say researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., who published a study in a recent issue of the Journal of ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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A new mechanism inhibiting the spread and growth of cancer found in motile cells
A revolutionary discovery regarding motile cancer cells made by research scientists at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Turku is challenging previous conceptions. The results have been published ...
Oct 21, 2011 |
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New protein may suppress breast cancer growth
Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, the Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has found that a protein discovered by ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Researchers identify key role of microRNAs in melanoma metastasis
Researchers at the NYU Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center at NYU Langone Medical Center, identified for the first time the key role specific microRNAs (miRNAs) play in melanoma metastasis to simultaneously ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Unexpected function of dyslexia gene
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that a gene linked to dyslexia has a surprising biological function: it controls cilia, the antenna-like projections that cells use to communicate.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Key regulator of nervous system development works by blocking signaling protein
Neuroepithelial stem cells, the early progenitors for much of the nervous system, need to maintain a keen sense of direction in order to properly manage replication, migration and maturation. These cells are ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 29, 2011 |
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Bird embryo provides unique insights into development related to cancer, wound healing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Avian embryos could join the list of model organisms used to study a specific type of cell migration called epiboly, thanks to the results of a study published this month in the journal Developmental Dy ...
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Study shows PRP, commonly used technique to improve healing, doesn't work in rotator cuff surgery
For years, doctors have used platelet rich plasma (PRP) to promote healing in various surgeries, but a recent study demonstrates that a type of PRP did not improve healing after rotator cuff repair. The study, conducted by ...
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Protein wields phosphate group to inhibit cancer metastasis
By sticking a chemical group to it at a specific site, a protein arrests an enzyme that may worsen and spread cancer, an international research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Stem cell patch may result in improved function following heart attack
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that applying a stem cell-infused patch together with overexpression of a specific cell instruction molecule promoted cell migration to damaged cardiac tissue following ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Releasing the brakes
Two regulators of protein filament assembly use dramatically different -- and competing -- methods to inhibit a common target.
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Newly discovered mechanism controls levels and efficacy of a marijuana-like substance in the brain
A newly discovered molecular mechanism helps control the amount and effectiveness of a substance that mimics an active ingredient in marijuana, but that is produced by the body's own nerve cells.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 06, 2010 |
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Protein found to control the early migration of neurons
Long before a baby can flash her first smile, sprout a first tooth or speak a first word, the neurons that will form her central nervous system must take their first, crucial steps. And these steps must be careful to take ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Cell migration
Cell migration is a central process in the development and maintenance of multicellular organisms. Tissue formation during embryonic development, wound healing and immune responses all require the orchestrated movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations. Errors during this process have serious consequences, including mental retardation, vascular disease, tumor formation and metastasis. An understanding of the mechanism by which cells migrate may lead to the development of novel therapeutic strategies for controlling , for example, invasive tumour cells. Cells often migrate in response to, and towards, specific external signals, a process called chemotaxis.
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