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E-cadherin inhibits cell surface localization of the pro-migratory 5T4 oncofetal antigen in mouse embryonic stem cells.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Aug 2007
Spencer Helen L, Eastham Angela M, Merry Catherine L R, Southgate Thomas D, Perez-Campo Flor, Soncin Francesca, Ritson Sarah, Kemler Rolf, Stern Peter L, Ward Christopher M
Abstract excerpt
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) events occur during embryonic development and are important for the metastatic spread of epithelial tumors. We show here that spontaneous differentiation of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells is associated with an E- to N-cadherin switch, up-regulation of E-cadherin repressor molecules (Snail and Slug proteins), gelatinase activity (matrix metalloproteinase [MMP]-2 and -9),...
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