Tumor cell motility

Semin Cancer Biol. 1991 Apr;2(2):111-4.

Abstract

Tumor cell motility is required for invasion and metastasis. The locomotory machinery of the cell includes cell projections called pseudopodia which are regulated by a complicated linkage between cell surface receptors or sensors and the internal cytoskeleton. Recently a new class of motility stimulating cytokines have been identified. These cytokines can function as autocrine motility factors and require a pertussis toxin sensitive G protein pathway to transduce a random motile response.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / physiology
  • Cell Movement
  • Chemotaxis
  • Extracellular Matrix / physiology
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase / physiology
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / physiology
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / physiology
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / physiopathology*
  • Pseudopodia / physiology
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase