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David R. Sherwood

Professor of Biology
Biology
Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-1000
Box 90338, Department of Biology, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Breaching and Opening Basement Membrane Barriers: The Anchor Cell Leads the Way

Book section · January 1, 2017 Metastasis is initiated in epithelial-derived tumors when cells at the tumor front breach the epithelial basement membrane (BM). Invasion through BMs is thought to be one of the most rate-limiting steps in cancer progression and thus is a therapeutically a ... Full text Cite