title: Anoikis.
abstract: Anoikis is apoptosis induced by loss of cell adhesion or inappropriate cell adhesion. Adhesion on the extracellular matrix is important to determine whether a cell is in the correct location and to delete displaced cells by apoptosis. The ability to overcome this requirement has important implications for metastatic cancer. However, how adhesion signals are interpreted by a cell into a life or death decision is complex. In this paper, we will examine this from the point of view of the apoptotic machinery of the cell, and discuss the various ways in which adhesion can influence this process.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, A. 3034 Smith Building, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Valentijn
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zouq
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gilmore
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D023102:Anoikis; D017209:Apoptosis; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002470:Cell Survival; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2