The role of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in cancer progression

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1375-1379

  Potenta, S ^a   Zeisberg, E ^a   Kalluri, R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cancer associated fibroblasts; EndMT; Endothelial to mesenchymal transition; Endothelium; Fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HEART; HUMANS; MESODERM; MYOCARDIUM; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 55249126800     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604662     Document Type: Review

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