Structural and functional identification of vasculogenic mimicry in vitro

Abstract Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) describes a process by which cancer cells establish an alternative perfusion pathway in an endothelial cell-free manner. Despite its strong correlation with reduced patient survival, controversy still surrounds the existence of an in vitro model of VM. Furthermore,...

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Main Authors: Dusan Racordon, Andrés Valdivia, Gabriel Mingo, Rafaela Erices, Raúl Aravena, Felice Santoro, Maria Loreto Bravo, Carolina Ramirez, Pamela Gonzalez, Alejandra Sandoval, Alfonso González, Claudio Retamal, Marcelo J. Kogan, Sumie Kato, Mauricio A. Cuello, German Osorio, Francisco Nualart, Pedro Alvares, Araceli Gago-Arias, Daniella Fabri, Ignacio Espinoza, Beatriz Sanchez, Alejandro H. Corvalán, Mauricio P. Pinto, Gareth I. Owen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07622-w