Cancer-associated fibroblasts induce epithelial-mesenchymal transition of breast cancer cells through paracrine TGF-β signalling

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 724-732

  Yu, Y ^a   Xiao, C H ^a   Tan, L D ^a   Wang, Q S ^a   Li, X Q ^a   Feng, Y M ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

breast cancer; CAFs; EMT; TGF b

Indexed keywords

ACTINS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOKINE CXCL12; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MCF-7 CELLS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84893769522     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.768     Document Type: Article

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