The principles of directed cell migration

S SenGupta, CA Parent, JE Bear - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Cells have the ability to respond to various types of environmental cues, and in many cases
these cues induce directed cell migration towards or away from these signals. How cells …

Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial–mesenchymal transition

J Yang, P Antin, G Berx, C Blanpain… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) encompasses dynamic changes in cellular
organization from epithelial to mesenchymal phenotypes, which leads to functional changes …

Mechanisms of 3D cell migration

KM Yamada, M Sixt - Nature Reviews molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Cell migration is essential for physiological processes as diverse as development, immune
defence and wound healing. It is also a hallmark of cancer malignancy. Thousands of …

Electrospinning and electrospun nanofibers: Methods, materials, and applications

J Xue, T Wu, Y Dai, Y Xia - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electrospinning is a versatile and viable technique for generating ultrathin fibers.
Remarkable progress has been made with regard to the development of electrospinning …

Cytoskeletal crosstalk in cell migration

S Seetharaman, S Etienne-Manneville - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
Cell migration is a highly dynamic process driven by the cytoskeleton, which mainly
comprises the actin microfilaments, microtubules, and intermediate filaments. During …

Cell–cell adhesion and 3D matrix confinement determine jamming transitions in breast cancer invasion

O Ilina, PG Gritsenko, S Syga, J Lippoldt… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Plasticity of cancer invasion and metastasis depends on the ability of cancer cells to switch
between collective and single-cell dissemination, controlled by cadherin-mediated cell–cell …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro Cell Migration, Invasion, and Adhesion Assays: From Cell Imaging to Data Analysis

J Pijuan, C Barceló, DF Moreno, O Maiques… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cell migration is a key procedure involved in many biological processes including
embryological development, tissue formation, immune defense or inflammation, and cancer …

[PDF][PDF] Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in cancer progression and metastasis

W Lu, Y Kang - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and its reversed process, mesenchymal-to-
epithelial transition (MET), are fundamental processes in embryonic development and tissue …

Decoding leader cells in collective cancer invasion

SA Vilchez Mercedes, F Bocci, H Levine… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Collective cancer invasion with leader–follower organization is increasingly recognized as a
predominant mechanism in the metastatic cascade. Leader cells support cancer invasion by …

Mechanobiology of collective cell behaviours

B Ladoux, RM Mège - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
The way in which cells coordinate their behaviours during various biological processes,
including morphogenesis, cancer progression and tissue remodelling, largely depends on …