Cancer cell infiltrates the liver through intracellular gaps in LSECs (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Cancer cell infiltrates the liver through intracellular gaps in LSECs

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The liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs, beige) surround a blood vessel containing a cancer cell (green). The cancer cell is able to induce the formation of intracellular gaps (iGaps, red), through inducing MMP9.

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Matsubara, Osaka Metropolitan University

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