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Phenotypic conversion of human mammary carcinoma cells by autocrine human growth hormone.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Oct 2004
Mukhina Svetlana, Mertani Hichem C, Guo Ke, Lee Kok-Onn, Gluckman Peter D, Lobie Peter E
Abstract excerpt
We report here that autocrine production of human growth hormone (hGH) results in a phenotypic conversion of mammary carcinoma cells such that they exhibit the morphological and molecular characteristics of a mesenchymal cell, including expression of fibronectin and vimentin. Autocrine production of hGH resulted in reduced plakoglobin expression and relocalization of E-cadherin to the cytoplasm, leading to...
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