CANCER CELL INVASION AND METASTASIS

被引:203
作者
LIOTTA, LA [1 ]
机构
[1] GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV,SCH MED,WASHINGTON,DC 20052
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10.1038/scientificamerican0292-54
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The deadly ability of cancer cells to spread throughout the body and invade healthy tissues is not purely a malign aberration. The complex process is a natural characteristic of many normal cells. Recent identification of regulatory genes and proteins that control metastasis has produced a promising class of synthetic drugs that may prevent or block the growth of secondary tumors.
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