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Multiple ways of silencing E-cadherin gene expression in lobular carcinoma of the breast.
International journal of cancer - 1 May 2001
Droufakou S, Deshmane V, Roylance R, Hanby A, Tomlinson I, Hart I R
Abstract excerpt
The cell-cell adhesion receptor gene E-cadherin (CDH1) is expressed by epithelial cells, in which it mediates adhesion and morphogenesis. Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) characteristically infiltrates diffusely as single cells; by immunohistochemistry, many of these tumours lack E-cadherin expression. In the present study we investigated various ways in which loss of function of the E-cadherin gene could occur...
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