Wilms' tumor protein induces an epithelial-mesenchymal hybrid differentiation state in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Sampson, Valerie B ^a   David, Justin M ^a,b,e   Puig, Isabel ^a,b,f   Patil, Pratima U ^a,b   De Herreros, Antonio García ^c   Thomas, George V ^d   Rajasekaran, Ayyappan K ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f VALL D HEBRON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UVOMORULIN; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN; CADHERIN; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VHL PROTEIN, HUMAN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; KIDNEY TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; WNT PROTEINS; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 84904257935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102041     Document Type: Article

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