Differential Stiffness Between Brain Vasculature and Parenchyma Promotes Metastatic Infiltration Through Vessel Co-Option

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Researchers used ex vivo brain slices and an organotypic in vitro model for vessel co-option to show that cancer cell invasion along brain vasculature was driven by the difference in stiffness between vessels and the brain parenchyma.
[Nature Cell Biology]
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