Osteopontin (OPN/SPP1) isoforms collectively enhance tumor cell invasion and dissemination in esophageal adenocarcinoma

Oncotarget

Volumn 6, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 22239-22257

  Lin, Jules ^a   Myers, Amy L ^a   Wang, Zhuwen ^a   Nancarrow, Derek J ^a   Torres, Daysha Ferrer Torres ^a   Handlogten, Amy ^a   Leverenz, Kimmy ^a   Bao, Julia ^a   Thomas, Dafydd G ^b   Wang, Thomas D ^b   Orringer, Mark B ^a   Reddy, Rishindra M ^a   Chang, Andrew C ^a   Beer, David G ^a   Lin, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Co overexpression; Collective function; Esophageal adenocarcinoma; OPN SPP1 isoforms

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; BETA CATENIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; OSTEOPONTIN; THROMBIN; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; CADHERIN; ISOPROTEIN; SPP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS METASTASIS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPP1 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR INVASION; UPREGULATION; ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MOTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OSTEOPONTIN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 84941254734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4161     Document Type: Article

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