Cell Motility Factors

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Molecular analysis of amoeboid chemotaxis: Parallel observations in amoeboid phagocytes and metastatic tumor cells....Pages 1-16
Adhesion systems in embryonic epithelial-to-mesenchyme transformations and in cancer invasion and metastasis....Pages 17-34
Neutrophil chemotactic factors....Pages 35-52
Purification and characterization of scatter factor....Pages 53-62
Purification, characterization and mechanism of action of scatter factor from human placenta....Pages 63-75
Scatter factor stimulates migration of vascular endothelium and capillary-like tube formation....Pages 76-88
The cellular response to factors which induce motility in mammalian cells....Pages 89-108
The role of E-cadherin and scatter factor in tumor invasion and cell motility....Pages 109-126
Heterogeneity amongst fibroblasts in the production of migration stimulating factor (MSF): Implications for cancer pathogenesis....Pages 127-146
Cell motility, a principal requirement for metastasis....Pages 147-162
Tumor cell autocrine motility factor receptor....Pages 163-177
Interleukin-6 enhances motility of breast carcinoma cells....Pages 178-193
Interleukin-6 stimulates motility of vascular endothelium....Pages 194-205
Computer automation in measurement and analysis of cell motility in vitro ....Pages 206-222
Back Matter....Pages 223-227