The first line of intra-abdominal metastatic attack: breaching the mesothelial cell layer

Hilary A Kenny; Kristin M Nieman; Anirban K Mitra; Ernst Lengyel

doi:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-11-0117

The first line of intra-abdominal metastatic attack: breaching the mesothelial cell layer

Cancer Discov. 2011 Jul;1(2):100-2. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-11-0117.

Authors

Hilary A Kenny¹, Kristin M Nieman, Anirban K Mitra, Ernst Lengyel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Section of Gynecologic Oncology - Center for Integrative Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Abstract

Iwanicki and colleagues reveal that ovarian cancer spheroids clear mesothelial cells which cover the surface of the abdominal cavity using myosin-generated force.

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Epithelium / pathology*
Female
Humans
Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
Spheroids, Cellular / pathology*

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