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Glycogen synthase kinase-3 is an endogenous inhibitor of Snail transcription: implications for the epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
The Journal of cell biology - 3 Jan 2005
Bachelder Robin E, Yoon Sang-Oh, Franci Clara, de Herreros Antonio García, Mercurio Arthur M
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We report that the activity of glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is necessary for the maintenance of the epithelial architecture. Pharmacological inhibition of its activity or reducing its expression using small interfering RNAs in normal breast and skin epithelial cells results in a reduction of E-cadherin expression and a more mesenchymal morphology, both of which are features associated with an...
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