Snail and Slug, key regulators of TGF-β-induced EMT, are sufficient for the induction of single-cell invasion

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-63

  Naber, Hildegonda P H ^a   Drabsch, Yvette ^a   Snaar Jagalska, B Ewa ^b   ten Dijke, Peter ^a,c   van Laar, Theo ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EMT; Single cell invasion; Slug; Snail; TGF

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 18; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; IN VITRO STUDY; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84878183437     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.04.037     Document Type: Article

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