The first line of intra-abdominal metastatic attack: breaching the mesothelial cell layer.
Iwanicki and colleagues reveal that ovarian cancer spheroids clear mesothelial cells which cover the surface of the abdominal cavity using myosin-generated force.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Section of Gynecologic Oncology - Center for Integrative Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Hilary A
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Kenny
Kristin M
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Nieman
Anirban K
AK
Mitra
Ernst
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Lengyel
D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018874:Spheroids, Cellular / Q000473:pathology*