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Death takes a holiday—non‐apoptotic role for caspases in cell migration and invasion
Author(s) -
Portela Marta,
Richardson Helena E
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2012.224
Subject(s) - caspase , apoptosis , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , programmed cell death , aggression , cell migration , apoptotic cell death , cell , cancer research , genetics , psychology , developmental psychology
Many types of cancer exhibit significantly elevated caspase activity and this is positively correlated with tumour aggression. In this issue of EMBO Reports , Cagan and colleagues reveal a non‐apoptotic role for active caspase in cell migration in Drosophila .