ROR2/Wnt5a Signaling Regulates Directional Cell Migration and Early Tumor Cell Invasion in Ovarian Cancer

Overview

Journal Mol Cancer Res

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2024 Feb 9

PMID 38334461

Authors

Whitney R Grither

Breanna Baker

Vasilios A Morikis

Ma Xenia G Ilagan

Katherine C Fuh

Gregory D Longmore

Affiliations

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Abstract

Implications: This study demonstrates that ROR2 in ovarian cancer cells is important for directed migration to the metastatic niche and provides a potential signaling axis of interest for therapeutic targeting in ovarian cancer.

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