To access nutrients in challenging conditions, cancer cells use several mechanisms. One process, called entosis, is a form of cellular cannibalism where one cancer cell invades another. 3 Once a tumor ...

Entosis in breast cancer cells occurs in the same way as in C. elegans worm development. The arrowheads indicate the lobes that will separate from the entotic cells. Summary Researchers have found ...

A research team from Lomonosov MSU Faculty of Biology have studied the stages of entosis, a process of cell death when one cell invades the other and gets digested inside of it. Entosis could become a ...

The research team led by Professor Chan-Young Park from the Department of Life Science at UNIST recently discovered a new regulatory mechanism of cell death in cancer cells, providing new clues to ...

New research reveals a link between cell cannibalism and cancer biology. Cell cannibalism occurs when one cell surrounds, kills and digests another. This latest research reveals that cannibalism can ...

Entosis in the culture of human skin cells: a - morphology of cells in the process of entosis, staining with hematoxylin-eosin, light microscopy; b-d - evidence of cell localization within another ...

The Overholtzer lab studies mechanisms of nutrient sensing and cellular responses to nutrient starvation, including the nutrient recycling pathway autophagy, scavenging pathways such as ...

It should come as no surprise that cancer cells undergo some unusual behavior throughout their lifespan. However, cannibalism—scientifically referred to as entosis and something that has been observed ...

Cell cannibalism, also called entosis, occurs when one cell surrounds, kills and digests another. Entosis does not typically happen between healthy cells but it is common in tumours. Cell cannibalism ...

Cannibalization is a gruesome process that can frequently happen at the cellular level in tumors. Scientists don’t know exactly what role cannibalization plays in tumor growth, but recent findings ...