Kurt Anderson
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Garscube Estate
Switchback Road
Bearsden
Glasgow
G61 1BD
United Kingdom
Scientific summary
Metastasis, the process by which disease spreads from a primary tumour to distant body sites, is driven by cell migration. Cell migration comprises steps of protrusion, adhesion, and retraction, which are mediated by the actin cytoskeleton.
Recent publications
The actin-bundling protein fascin stabilizes actin in invadopodia and potentiates protrusive invasion
Curr Biol.2010;20 :339-345
Quantitative real-time imaging of molecular dynamics during cancer cell invasion and metastasis in vivo.
Cell Adh Migr.2009;3 :351-354
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