Epithelial to mesenchymal transition in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Oral Oncology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 287-292

  Smith, Ashley ^a,b   Teknos, Theodoros N ^a,b   Pan, Quintin ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E Cadherin; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Head and neck cancer; Invasion; Motility; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CANCER GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84875274632     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.10.009     Document Type: Review

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