title: Crossing the endothelial barrier during metastasis.
abstract: During metastasis, cancer cells disseminate to other parts of the body by entering the bloodstream in a process that is called intravasation. They then extravasate at metastatic sites by attaching to endothelial cells that line blood vessels and crossing the vessel walls of tissues or organs. This Review describes how cancer cells cross the endothelial barrier during extravasation and how different receptors, signalling pathways and circulating cells such as leukocytes and platelets contribute to this process. Identification of the mechanisms that underlie cancer cell extravasation could lead to the development of new therapies to reduce metastasis.
authors.affiliation: 1] Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK. [2] Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - UMR5237, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France. [3].
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reymond
authors.forename: Bárbara Borda
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: d'Água
authors.forename: Anne J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ridley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism; D048430:Cell Shape; D018925:Chemokines / Q000502:physiology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D057705:Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D018925:Chemokines