Exosomal release of beta-catenin may explain why CD82 and CD9 suppress tumor metastasis

Monday, September 13, 2010 - 11:49 in Biology & Nature

Researchers reveal a new way in which cells restrain beta-catenin and potentially suppress tumor metastasis: the protein can be ejected from cells in small vesicles called exosomes. The study appears online on September 13 in the Journal of Cell Biology.

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