Snail-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition promotes cancer stem cell-like phenotype in head and neck cancer cells

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 693-699

  Masui, Takashi ^a   Ota, Ichiro ^a   Yook, Jong In ^b   Mikami, Shinji ^a   Yane, Katsunari ^c   Yamanaka, Toshiaki ^a   Hosoi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^c KINDAI UNIVERSITY NARA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cell; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Head and neck cancer; Snail

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CISPLATIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL INVASION; CELL INVASION ASSAY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MIGRATION ASSAY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; METASTASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TUMOR INVASION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WST-8 ASSAY;

ANTIGENS, CD44; CADHERINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CISPLATIN; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84896721016     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.2225     Document Type: Article

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