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Role of SARA (SMAD anchor for receptor activation) in maintenance of epithelial cell phenotype.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 11 Sept 2009
Runyan Constance E, Hayashida Tomoko, Hubchak Susan, Curley Jessica F, Schnaper H William
Abstract excerpt
By inducing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) promotes cancer progression and fibrosis. Here we show that expression of the TGF-beta receptor-associated protein, SARA (Smad anchor for receptor activation), decreases within 72 h of exposure to TGF-beta and that this decline is both required and sufficient for the induction of several markers of EMT. It has been...
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