Abrogation of E-Cadherin-Mediated Adhesion Induces Tumor Cell Invasion in Human Skin-Like Organotypic Culture

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1182-1190

  Margulis, Alexander ^a   Andriani, Frank ^a   Fusenig, Norbert ^d   Hashimoto, Koji ^e   Hanakawa, Yasushi ^c,d   Garlick, Jonathan A ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Basement membrane; E cadherin; Organotypic culture; Tumor cell invasion

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA CATENIN; CATENIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; KALININ; MUTANT PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN CULTURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA; TUMOR CELL; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0242490063     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12523.x     Document Type: Article

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