Molecular pathways regulating EGF-induced epithelio-mesenchymal transition in human ovarian surface epithelium

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The ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) is the precursor of common epithelial ovarian carcinomas. In the present study, we examined the molecular mechanisms and possible physiological basis for the propensity of OSE cells to undergo epithelio-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in response to environmental influences. We hypothesized that EMT may be a homeostatic mechanism that permits displaced OSE to assume a stromal...

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