Entosis: aneuploidy by invasion

Nat Cell Biol. 2011 Mar;13(3):199-201. doi: 10.1038/ncb0311-199.

Abstract

Aneuploidy is one of the most prevalent phenotypes of human tumours, but the underlying cause of this phenomenon remains highly debated. Entosis, the invasion of a living cell into another cell's cytoplasm, is now shown to perturb cytokinesis and induce the formation of aneuploid cells.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • News

MeSH terms

  • Aneuploidy*
  • Animals
  • Cell Death
  • Centrosome / ultrastructure
  • Cytokinesis
  • Cytoplasm / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitosis
  • Models, Biological
  • Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Spermatozoa / pathology
  • Spindle Apparatus