Regulation of invasive growth: similar epigenetic mechanisms underpin tumour progression and implantation in human pregnancy

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Malignant and trophoblastic cells share the capacity to migrate and invade surrounding tissues; however, trophoblast invasion during implantation is tightly regulated, whereas that associated with tumour progression is not. It is likely that similar mechanisms underlie the dynamic regulation of cell invasion and migration in both cases, and that these are based on epigenetic processes. This hypothesis is...

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