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SUBMITTER: Madsen DH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5753792 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Madsen Daniel Hargbøl DH Jürgensen Henrik Jessen HJ Siersbæk Majken Storm MS Kuczek Dorota Ewa DE Grey Cloud Loretta L Liu Shihui S Behrendt Niels N Grøntved Lars L Weigert Roberto R Bugge Thomas Henrik TH
Cell reports 20171201 13
Physiologic turnover of interstitial collagen is mediated by a sequential pathway in which collagen is fragmented by pericellular collagenases, endocytosed by collagen receptors, and routed to lysosomes for degradation by cathepsins. Here, we use intravital microscopy to investigate if malignant tumors, which are characterized by high rates of extracellular matrix turnover, utilize a similar collagen degradation pathway. Tumors of epithelial, mesenchymal, or neural crest origin all display vigor ...[more]