Researchers have shown that a protein called fascin is transported into the nucleus of cancer cells where it plays an important role in cell motility and growth. The study reveals an important route through which fascin promotes cancer development and provides insights into potential pathways that could block its action. Fascin is known to control the structures that allow cells to move -- specifically the assembly of bundles of a protein called actin, which create the tiny 'legs' that cancer cells use to migrate to distant sites within the body. Fascin is also known to be at much higher levels in most solid tumors, where it helps cancer cells migrate and invade into other tissues. This invasion, or 'metastasis, ‘of tumor cells is the main reason why many cancers are so hard to treat.

Know more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220830131624.htm

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