Rock and rho: Proteins that help cancer cells groove
Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - 09:00
in Health & Medicine
Biologists have discovered that low oxygen conditions, which often persist inside tumors, are sufficient to initiate a molecular chain of events that transforms breast cancer cells from being rigid and stationery to mobile and invasive. Their evidence underlines the importance of hypoxia-inducible factors in promoting breast cancer metastasis.