Anoikis Resistance: An Essential Prerequisite for Tumor Metastasis

Metastasis is a multistep process including dissociation of cancer cells from primary sites, survival in the vascular system, and proliferation in distant target organs. As a barrier to metastasis, cells normally undergo an apoptotic process known as “anoikis,” a form of cell death due to loss of co...

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Main Authors: Kim, Yong-Nyun, Koo, Kyung Hee, Sung, Jee Young, Yun, Un-Jung, Kim, Hyeryeong
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296207/