Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis
The tumor microenvironment is increasingly understood to contribute to cancer development and progression by affecting the complex interplay of genetic and epigenetic changes within the cells themselves. Moreover, recent research has highlighted that, besides biochemical cues from the microenvironme...
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| author | Reynolds, Daniel S Zaman, Muhammad H Spill, Fabian Kamm, Roger Dale |
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| description | The tumor microenvironment is increasingly understood to contribute to cancer development and progression by affecting the complex interplay of genetic and epigenetic changes within the cells themselves. Moreover, recent research has highlighted that, besides biochemical cues from the microenvironment, physical cues can also greatly alter cellular behavior such as proliferation, cancer stem cell properties, and metastatic potential. Whereas initial assays have focused on basic ECM physical properties, such as stiffness, novel in vitro systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated in differentiating between distinct physical cues — ECM pore size, fiber alignment, and molecular composition — and elucidating the different roles these properties play in driving tumor progression and metastasis. Combined with advances in our understanding of the mechanisms responsible for how cells sense these properties, a new appreciation for the role of mechanics in cancer is emerging. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1194492022-09-23T12:41:15Z Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis Reynolds, Daniel S Zaman, Muhammad H Spill, Fabian Kamm, Roger Dale Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Spill, Fabian Kamm, Roger Dale The tumor microenvironment is increasingly understood to contribute to cancer development and progression by affecting the complex interplay of genetic and epigenetic changes within the cells themselves. Moreover, recent research has highlighted that, besides biochemical cues from the microenvironment, physical cues can also greatly alter cellular behavior such as proliferation, cancer stem cell properties, and metastatic potential. Whereas initial assays have focused on basic ECM physical properties, such as stiffness, novel in vitro systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated in differentiating between distinct physical cues — ECM pore size, fiber alignment, and molecular composition — and elucidating the different roles these properties play in driving tumor progression and metastasis. Combined with advances in our understanding of the mechanisms responsible for how cells sense these properties, a new appreciation for the role of mechanics in cancer is emerging. National Cancer Institute (U.S.) (Grant 5U01CA177799) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant 1206635) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant DGE-1247312) 2018-12-05T16:39:33Z 2018-12-05T16:39:33Z 2016-03 2018-12-05T15:43:24Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0958-1669 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119449 Spill, Fabian et al. “Impact of the Physical Microenvironment on Tumor Progression and Metastasis.” Current Opinion in Biotechnology 40 (August 2016): 41–48 © 2016 Elsevier Ltd https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8462-5080 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7232-304X http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.COPBIO.2016.02.007 Current Opinion in Biotechnology Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier PMC |
| spellingShingle | Reynolds, Daniel S Zaman, Muhammad H Spill, Fabian Kamm, Roger Dale Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis |
| title | Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis |
| title_full | Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis |
| title_fullStr | Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis |
| title_short | Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis |
| title_sort | impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119449 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8462-5080 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7232-304X |
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