The dynamic control of signal transduction networks in cancer cells
Cet article passe en revue les travaux récents sur le rôle joué par les réseaux de transduction de signal, internes aux cellules cancéreuses, dans les mécanismes de prolifération cellulaire, le processus invasif et la résistance thérapeutique
Cancer is often considered a genetic disease. However, much of the enormous plasticity of cancer cells to evolve different phenotypes, to adapt to challenging microenvironments and to withstand therapeutic assaults is encoded by the structure and spatiotemporal dynamics of signal transduction networks. In this Review, we discuss recent concepts concerning how the rich signalling dynamics afforded by these networks are regulated and how they impinge on cancer cell proliferation, survival, invasiveness and drug resistance. Understanding this dynamic circuitry by mathematical modelling could pave the way to new therapeutic approaches and personalized treatments.
Nature Reviews Cancer , résumé, 2014