摘要
Colorectalcancerhepaticmetastasesrepresentthefinalstageofamulti-stepbiologicalprocess.Thisprocessstartswithaseriesofmutationsincolonicepithelialcells,continueswiththeirdetachmentfromthelargeintestine,disseminationthroughthebloodand/orlymphaticcirculation,attachmenttothehepaticsinusoidsandinteractionswiththesinusoidalcells,suchassinusoidalendothelialcells,Kupffercells,stellatecellsandpitcells.Themetastaticsequenceterminateswithcolorectalcancercellinvasion,adaptationandcolonisationofthehepaticparenchyma.Alltheseevents,termedthecolorectalcancerinvasion-metastasiscascade,includemultiplemolecularpathways,intercellularinteractionsandexpressionofaplethoraofchemokinesandgrowthfactors,andadhesionmolecules,suchastheselectins,theintegrinsorthecadherins,aswellasenzymesincludingmatrixmetalloproteinases.Thisreviewaimstopresentrecentadvancesthatprovideinsightsintothesecell-biologicaleventsandemphasizesthosethatmaybeamenabletotherapeutictargeting.
出版日期
2014年12月22日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
