Welcome to the February 2010 Cell Migration Update, your one-stop resource for news, highlights and research on cell migration.
FEATURED ARTICLES
Specially written Editor's reviews of the hottest new articles

Tumour cell invasion: p53 and integrin duet
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Mutant p53 promotes cancer cell invasion and random motility by enhancing integrin recycling.
Original research paper: Cell 139, 1327-1341 (2009)
Wound healing: Occludin polarizes the leading edge
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Occludin keeps polarity proteins at the leading edge, and regulates lamellipodia formation and directional migration during wound healing.
Original research paper: Developmental Cell 18, 52-63 (2010)
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Synopses of important recent articles

To adhere or not to adhere?
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Non-adhesive cell migration in 3D tissues.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 11, 3 (2010)
Metastasis: Self-renewal migrates onwards
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Expression of ZEB1 in cancer cells enables epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and stem-cell like properties, forming migrating tumour stem cells.
Nature Reviews Cancer 10, 6 - 7 (2010)
NEWS
The latest news selected from the CMC, Nature News and journals from the Nature family

Stem-cell line given the nod
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NIH moves to approve cells in limbo after rule change.
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