Platelets enhance vasculogenic mimicry in ovarian and gastrointestinal cancer cells
Author
Valdivia, AndrésAravena, Raúl
Racordon, Dusan
Sandoval, Alejandra
Erices, Rafaela
Bravo, María Loreto
Cuello, Mauricio A
Corvalan, Alejandro H
Owen-Jardine, Gareth Ivor
Abstract
Introduction: A key step in cancer progression is tumor irrigation through the recruitment
of blood vessels. This process can be complemented in sub-sets of highly aggressive
cancers in a process called vasculogenic mimicry (VM), where cancer cells are re