Differential stiffness between brain vasculature and parenchyma promotes metastatic infiltration through vessel co-option

In brain metastasis, cancer cells remain in close contact with the existing vasculature and can use vessels as migratory paths—a process known as vessel co-option. However, the mechanisms regulating this form of migration are poorly understood. Here we use ex vivo brain slices and an organotypic in...

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