Computational and Experimental Models of Cancer Cell Response to Fluid Shear Stress
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Frontiers in Oncology
- Vol. 3, 44
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2013.00044
Abstract
It has become evident that mechanical forces play a key role in cancer metastasis, a complex series of steps that is responsible for the majority of cancer-related deaths. One such force is fluid shear stress, exerted on circulating tumor cells by blood flow in the vascular microenvironment, and also on tumor cells exposed to slow interstitial flows in the tumor microenvironment. Computational and experimental models have the potential to elucidate metastatic behavior of cells exposed to such forces. Here, we review the fluid-generated forces that tumor cells are exposed to in the vascular and tumor microenvironments, and discuss recent computational and experimental models that have revealed mechanotransduction phenomena that may play a role in the metastatic process.Keywords
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