Open AccessBinding to the basement
Author(s) -
Karen Birmingham
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1646iti5
Subject(s) - basement membrane , biology , metastasis , binding site , lung cancer , cancer research , cancer , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , genetics , medicine
Cancer metastasis is often more deadly than the primary tumor. Wang et al. report on [page 935][1] that exposed basement membrane may offer a docking site when tumors spread to the lung—the most common site of metastasis.![Figure][2] Metastasizing tumor cells bind exposed basement
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