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- noun Plural form of
invadopodium .
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They look remarkably like a structure seen in cancer cells called invadopodia that are believed to have the same function, but modeling this part of metastasis in the lab has proven impossible so far because nobody has figured out how to make a basement membrane in a dish.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Researchers also understood that cancer cells can send out extensions called invadopodia, which release enzymes that dissolve the extracellular matrix (ECM) and clear a path for the cell to move through.
GEN News Highlights 2009
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Dr. von Bokhoven then began collaborating with Sara A. Courtneidge, Ph. D., at Sanford-Burnham, who had been studying the relationship between TKS4 and invadopodia, cellular protrusions that facilitate cancer cell migration and invasion.
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Moreover, cells plated on extracellular matrix-coated coverslips showed enhanced invadopodia formation in response to
Naturejobs - All Jobs J T Lucas 2010
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These structures then elongate into "mature" invadopodia.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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"This research illustrates the importance of collaboration in the scientific discovery process, and how the study of one disease, in this case cancer, can have a profound impact on the understanding on another." said Dr. Courtneidge, "In the future, we hope to use our mouse model to study the disease in more depth, as well as to determine whether other genes involved in invadopodia formation are also associated with FTHS."
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Immunolocalization revealed that HEF1 colocalized to invadopodia with MT1-MMP.
Naturejobs - All Jobs J T Lucas 2010
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"This research illustrates the importance of collaboration in the scientific discovery process, and how the study of one disease, in this case cancer, can have a profound impact on the understanding on another." said Dr. Courtneidge, "In the future, we hope to use our mouse model to study the disease in more depth, as well as to determine whether other genes involved in invadopodia formation are also associated with FTHS."
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Dr. von Bokhoven then began collaborating with Sara A. Courtneidge, Ph. D., at Sanford-Burnham, who had been studying the relationship between TKS4 and invadopodia, cellular protrusions that facilitate cancer cell migration and invasion.
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Dr. von Bokhoven then began collaborating with Sara A. Courtneidge, Ph. D., at Sanford-Burnham, who had been studying the relationship between TKS4 and invadopodia, cellular protrusions that facilitate cancer cell migration and invasion.
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"This research illustrates the importance of collaboration in the scientific discovery process, and how the study of one disease, in this case cancer, can have a profound impact on the understanding on another." said Dr. Courtneidge, "In the future, we hope to use our mouse model to study the disease in more depth, as well as to determine whether other genes involved in invadopodia formation are also associated with FTHS." See invadopodium.
August 21, 2016