TY  - JOUR
AU  - Deville, Sara Sofia
AU  - Cordes, Nils
TI  - The Extracellular, Cellular, and Nuclear Stiffness, a Trinity in the Cancer Resistome-A Review.
JO  - Frontiers in oncology
VL  - 9
SN  - 2234-943X
CY  - Lausanne
PB  - Frontiers Media
M1  - DKFZ-2020-00011
SP  - 1376
PY  - 2019
N1  - LA:L301
AB  - Alterations in mechano-physiological properties of a tissue instigate cancer burdens in parallel to common genetic and epigenetic alterations. The chronological and mechanistic interrelation between the various extra- and intracellular aspects remains largely elusive. Mechano-physiologically, integrins and other cell adhesion molecules present the main mediators for transferring and distributing forces between cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM). These cues are channeled via focal adhesion proteins, termed the focal adhesomes, to cytoskeleton and nucleus and vice versa thereby affecting the pathophysiology of multicellular cancer tissues. In combination with simultaneous activation of diverse downstream signaling pathways, the phenotypes of cancer cells are created and driven characterized by deregulated transcriptional and biochemical cues that elicit the hallmarks of cancer. It, however, remains unclear how elastostatic modifications, i.e., stiffness, in the extracellular, intracellular, and nuclear compartment contribute and control the resistance of cancer cells to therapy. In this review, we discuss how stiffness of unique tumor components dictates therapy response and what is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:31867279
C2  - pmc:PMC6908495
DO  - DOI:10.3389/fonc.2019.01376
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/148819
ER  -