Contribution of epithelial-mesenchymal transition to pancreatic cancer progression

Cancers

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2084-2097

  Krantz, Seth B ^a   Shields, Mario A ^a   Dangi Garimella, Surabhi ^a   Bentrem, David J ^a   Munshi, Hidayatullah G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition microRNA; Pancreatic cancer; Stem cells drug resistance

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO N [4 CHLORO 3 (2 PYRIDINYL)PHENYL] 4 METHANESULFONYLBENZAMIDE; CD24 ANTIGEN; CIRCUMIN ANALOGUE; EPITHELIAL SPECIFIC ANGTIGEN; ERLOTINIB; GEMCITABINE; HERMES ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; METFORMIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 200C; NOTCH INHIBITOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SALINOMYCIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SILIBININ; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY CANCER; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE K RAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FIBROSIS;

EID: 79952258739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers2042084     Document Type: Review

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