A Novel Approach to Reducing Lung Metastasis in Osteosarcoma: Increasing Cell Stiffness with Carbenoxolone.
Kouji KitaKunihiro AsanumaTakayuki OkamotoEiji KawamotoKoichi NakamuraTomohito HagiTomoki NakamuraMotomu ShimaokaAkihiro SudoPublished in: Current issues in molecular biology (2023)
In this study, we demonstrated that CBX increases tumor cell stiffness and significantly reduces lung metastasis. Our study is the first to provide evidence that reducing cell motility by increasing cell stiffness might be effective as a novel anti-metastasis approach in vivo.