The role of 3D microenvironmental organization in MCF-7 epithelial-mesenchymal transition after 7 culture days

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 319, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1515-1522

  Foroni, Laura ^a   Vasuri, Francesco ^a   Valente, Sabrina ^a   Gualandi, Chiara ^b   Focarete, Maria Letizia ^b   Caprara, Giacomo ^a   Scandola, Mariastella ^b   D'Errico Grigioni, Antonia ^a   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Extracellular matrix; Fibrous scaffold; Human breast cancer; MCF 7; Poly(l lactic acid)

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYTOKERATIN; F ACTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUBULIN; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84877925029     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.03.035     Document Type: Article

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