Loss of E-cadherin is not a necessity for epithelial to mesenchymal transition in human breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-57

  Hollestelle, Antoinette ^a,c   Peeters, Justine K ^b   Smid, Marcel ^a,c   Timmermans, Mieke ^a,c   Verhoog, Leon C ^a   Westenend, Pieter J ^d   Heine, Anouk A J ^a,c   Chan, Alan ^e,f   Sieuwerts, Anieta M ^a,c   Wiemer, Erik A C ^a   Klijn, Jan G M ^a   Van Der Spek, Peter J ^b   Foekens, John A ^a,c   Schutte, Mieke ^a   Den Bakker, Michael A ^a   Martens, John W M ^a,c  

^a JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Cancer Genomics Centre   (Netherlands)

^d Laboratory for Pathology   (Netherlands)

^e PamGene International   (Netherlands)

^f PERCUROS B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal subtype; Caveolin 1; E cadherin; EMT; Metaplastic breast cancer; Spindle cell morphology

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN 1; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CAVEOLIN 1 GENE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; E CADHERIN GENE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84874647804     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2415-3     Document Type: Article

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