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SUBMITTER: Hamann JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5559205 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hamann Jens C JC Surcel Alexandra A Chen Ruoyao R Teragawa Carolyn C Albeck John G JG Robinson Douglas N DN Overholtzer Michael M
Cell reports 20170701 1
Entosis is a mechanism of cell death that involves neighbor cell ingestion. This process occurs in cancers and promotes a form of cell competition, where winner cells engulf and kill losers. Entosis is driven by a mechanical differential that allows softer cells to eliminate stiffer cells. While this process can be induced by matrix detachment, whether other stressors can activate entosis is unknown. Here, we find that entosis is induced in adherent cells by glucose withdrawal. Glucose withdrawa ...[more]