The role of the integrin αvβ6 in regulating the epithelial to mesenchymal transition in oral cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Ramos, Daniel M ^a   Dang, Dongmin ^a   Sadler, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

V 6; EMT; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Integrin; Matrix; Oral SCC

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVBETA6 INTEGRIN; KERATIN; STROMELYSIN; TENASCIN; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESENCHYME; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; KERATINS; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 3; MESODERM; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; TENASCIN; VIMENTIN;

EID: 61449094945     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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