title: Cancer dissemination--lessons from leukocytes.
abstract: Cancer cells can move through tissues in a variety of different ways. In some cases, an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition enables cancer cells to acquire fibroblast-like migratory properties. However, it is also becoming apparent that some cancer cells move in an amoeboid way similar to leukocytes. This theme will be the focus of the review, where we will discuss the similarities and differences between the mechanisms used by cancer cells and leukocytes to cross parenchymal basement membranes, move through interstitial tissue, and enter and exit the vasculature. Further, we propose that the ability to switch between different migratory mechanisms is critical for cells to relocate from one tissue to another.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK.
authors.forename: Chris D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sahai
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000502:physiology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D016023:Integrins; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases