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SUBMITTER: Rudrapatna VA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3596137 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rudrapatna Vivek A VA Bangi Erdem E Cagan Ross L RL
EMBO reports 20130111 2
Tumours evolve several mechanisms to evade apoptosis, yet many resected carcinomas show significantly elevated caspase activity. Moreover, caspase activity is positively correlated with tumour aggression and adverse patient outcome. These observations indicate that caspases might have a functional role in promoting tumour invasion and metastasis. Using a Drosophila model of invasion, we show that precise effector caspase activity drives cell invasion without initiating apoptosis. Affected cells ...[more]