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To examine how matrix stiffness and solid stress develop, interact, and differentially regulate cancer cell proliferation, metastasis, and stromal interactions within solid tumors.

March 12, 2018Frontiers in OncologyOpen Access

Defining the Role of Solid Stress and Matrix Stiffness in Cancer Cell Proliferation and Metastasis

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MKMaria KalliUniversity of Cyprus TSTriantafyllos StylianopoulosUniversity of Cyprus

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Narrative review uncovers distinct mechanical roles of matrix stiffness and solid stress in tumors, highlighting their separate impacts on cancer proliferation and metastasis.

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To examine how matrix stiffness and solid stress develop, interact, and differentially regulate cancer cell proliferation, metastasis, and stromal interactions within solid tumors.
Reviewed literature examining biomechanical abnormalities within the stroma and interior of solid tumors.
Assessed in vitro experimental platforms developed to isolate and test the independent biological contributions of solid compressive stress versus extracellular matrix rigidity.
Demonstrated that matrix stiffness and solid stress originate through different mechanical mechanisms during tumor growth and exert separate regulatory effects on cancer and stromal cell biology.
Identified that specialized in vitro engineered systems can effectively decouple compressive solid stress from substrate stiffness to determine their distinct influences on cell growth and metastatic invasion.

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Kalli et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dcb754f7297818863592bb https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00055

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Narrative review uncovers distinct mechanical roles of matrix stiffness and solid stress in tumors, highlighting their separate impacts on cancer proliferation and metastasis.

Defining the Role of Solid Stress and Matrix Stiffness in Cancer Cell Proliferation and Metastasis

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Defining the Role of Solid Stress and Matrix Stiffness in Cancer Cell Proliferation and Metastasis

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