Cancer Mechanobiology: Microenvironmental Sensing and Metastasis

Geonhui Lee; Seong Beom Han; Jung Hwan Lee; Hae Won Kim; Dong Hwee Kim

doi:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01230

Cancer Mechanobiology: Microenvironmental Sensing and Metastasis

Geonhui Lee, Seong Beom Han, Jung Hwan Lee, Hae Won Kim, Dong Hwee Kim^*

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Abstract

The cellular microenvironment plays an important role in regulating cancer progress. Cancer can physically and chemically remodel its surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM). Critical cellular behaviors such as recognition of matrix geometry and rigidity, cell polarization and motility, cytoskeletal reorganization, and proliferation can be changed as a consequence of these ECM alternations. Here, we present an overview of cancer mechanobiology in detail, focusing on cancer microenvironmental sensing of exogenous cues and quantification of cancer-substrate interactions. In addition, mechanics of metastasis classified with tumor progression will be discussed. The mechanism underlying cancer mechanosensation and tumor progression may provide new insights into therapeutic strategies to alleviate cancer malignancy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3735-3752
Number of pages	18
Journal	ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering
Volume	5
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01230
Publication status	Published - 2019 Aug 12

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Keywords

mechanosensation
mechanotransduction
metastatic potential
physics of cancer
tumor microenvironment

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Biomaterials
Biomedical Engineering

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Cancer Mechanobiology: Microenvironmental Sensing and Metastasis

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