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ARTICLE | Targets & Mechanisms

Meet the METs

June 16, 2011 7:00 AM UTC

Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London have found that blocking endocytosis could treat MET-mutant cancers resistant to current treatments.1 Developing a safe way to inhibit the essential cellular process could prove challenging.

Endocytosis is a process by which the cell takes up extracellularmolecules including proteins for recycling or degradation. The process influences cell migration, survival and receptor signaling.2,3...