Question 16

(Multiple Choice)

Malignant cancer cells that have entered the bloodstream can imitate lymphocytes in exiting the bloodstream and entering underlying tissues in the process of metastasis. This "lymphocyte mimicry" can be summarized as …


A) an initial cadherin-dependent rolling followed by an integrin-dependent adhesion and emigration.
B) an initial cadherin-dependent rolling followed by an I-CAM-dependent adhesion and emigration.
C) an initial cadherin-dependent rolling followed by a selectin-dependent adhesion and emigration.
D) an initial selectin-dependent rolling followed by a cadherin-dependent adhesion and emigration.
E) an initial selectin-dependent rolling followed by an I-CAM-dependent adhesion and emigration.

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