Title |
Tumor morphological evolution: directed migration and gain and loss of the self-metastatic phenotype
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Published in |
Biology Direct, April 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-5-23 |
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Authors |
Heiko Enderling, Lynn Hlatky, Philip Hahnfeldt |
Abstract |
Aside from the stepwise genetic alterations known to underlie cancer cell creation, the microenvironment is known to profoundly influence subsequent tumor development, morphology and metastasis. Invasive cluster formation has been assumed to be dependent on directed migration and a heterogeneous environment--a conclusion derived from complex models of tumor-environment interaction. At the same time, these models have not included the prospect, now supported by a preponderance of evidence, that only a minority of cancer cells may have stem cell capacity. This proves to weigh heavily on the microenvironmental requirements for the display of characteristic tumor growth phenotypes. We show using agent-based modeling that some defining features of tumor growth ascribed to directed migration might also be realized under random migration, and discuss broader implications for cause-and-effect determination in general. |
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