Overexpression of cathepsin Z contributes to tumor metastasis by inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Jian ^a   Chen, Leilei ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Guan, Xin Yuan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALPHA CATENIN; CATHEPSIN X; FIBRONECTIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; STROMELYSIN; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; CADHERIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AMPLICON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CHROMOSOME 20Q; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT;

AGAR; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHEPSIN Z; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBRONECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MICE; MICE, SCID; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; VIMENTIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80053059111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024967     Document Type: Article

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