Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature. Access to featured primary research articles from journals in the Nature family is free for three months.
February 2008
Cancer metastasis: Protection from small RNAs
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Loss of the endogenous microRNAs miR-335 and miR-126 promotes metastasis in human breast cancers by enhancing tumour growth, cell migration and cell invasion.
Original research paper: Nature 451, 147-152 (2008)
Tumour cell invasion: It's not just ROCK 'n' Rho
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The kinase PDK1 promotes cancer cell migration and invasion by blocking the interaction between RhoE and ROCK1.
Original research paper: Nat. Cell Biol. 10, 127-137 (2008)