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ReviewCell death & disease2021

Comprehensive understanding of anchorage-independent survival and its implication in cancer metastasis.

Zhong Deng, Huixue Wang, Jinlong Liu, Yuan Deng, Nu Zhang

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Review in Cell death & disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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43 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Zhong Deng *Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
Huixue Wang *Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Jinlong LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
Yuan DengDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P. R. China. ophden@163.com.
Nu ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China. zhangnu2@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-2817-7065

Funding

Guangdong Science and Technology Department (Science and Technology Department, Guangdong Province) No. 2014A020209025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detachment is the initial and critical step for cancer metastasis. Only the cells that survive from detachment can develop metastases. Following the disruption of cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions, cells are exposed to a totally different chemical and mechanical environment. During which, cells inevitably suffer from multiple stresses, including loss of growth stimuli from ECM, altered mechanical force, cytoskeletal reorganization, reduced nutrient uptake, and increased reactive oxygen species generation. Here we review the impact of these stresses on the anchorage-independent survival and the underlying molecular signaling pathways. Furthermore, its implications in cancer metastasis and treatment are also discussed.

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Cell AdhesionCell MovementMechanotransduction, CellularAnimalsCell-Matrix JunctionsCell SurvivalHumansNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsStress, MechanicalTumor Microenvironment

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PMID34145217
PMCPMC8213763

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