Epithelial - Mesenchymal and mesenchymal - Epithelial transitions in carcinoma progression

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 374-383

  Hugo, Honor ^a   Ackland, M Leigh ^b   Blick, Tony ^f   Lawrence, Mitchell G ^c   Clements, Judith A ^d   Williams, Elizabeth D ^d,g   Thompson, Erik W ^e,f  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CANCER GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; MESENCHYME CELL; METASTASIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESODERM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34848826864     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21223     Document Type: Short Survey

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