Plasticity of cancer cell invasion: Patterns and mechanisms
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Abbreviations
ECM
extracellular matrix
EMT
epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
CTC
circulating tumor cells
ROCK
Rho-associated kinase
FAK
focal adhesion kinase
MMPs
matrix metalloproteinases
MAT
mesenchymal-amoeboid transition
AMT
amoeboid-mesenchymal transition
BM-MSCs
bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
CMT
collective-mesenchymal transition
CAT
collective-amoeboid transition
YAP
Yes-associated protein
TGFBR1
TGF-beta type-I receptor
MCT
mesenchymal-collective transition
ACT
amoeboid-collective transition
Keywords
Cancer cell invasion
Amoeboid cell migration
Mesenchymal cell migration
Mesenchymal-amoeboid transition
Amoeboid-mesenchymal transition
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Post address: State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology (Sichuan University), Chengdu Sichuan 610041, China.
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Post address: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
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