Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

L-type calcium channels regulate filopodia stability and cancer cell invasion downstream of integrin signalling

  • Guillaume Jacquemet,
  • Habib Baghirov,
  • Maria Georgiadou,
  • Harri Sihto,
  • Emilia Peuhu,
  • Pierre Cettour-Janet,
  • Tao He,
  • Merja Perälä,
  • Pauliina Kronqvist,
  • Heikki Joensuu,
  • Johanna Ivaska

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13297
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Filopodia have a prominent role in driving cancer cell invasion. Here, the authors show that L-type calcium channels are a druggable target regulating filopodia stability and maturation into focal adhesions in metastatic breast cancer cells.