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P-Cadherin Promotes Cell-Cell Adhesion and Counteracts Invasion in Human Melanoma
1 Oct 2005
Abstract excerpt
Malignant transformation of melanocytes frequently coincides with alterations in epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin) expression, switching on of neural cadherin (N-cadherin), and, when progressed to a metastatic stage, loss of membranous placental cadherin (P-cadherin). In vitro studies of melanoma cell lines have shown invasion suppressor and promoter roles for E-cadherin and N-cadherin, respectively. In the...
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