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TGF-β1 regulates the invasive and metastatic potential of mucoepidermoid carcinoma cells.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Nov 2011
Wang Jing, Chen Jian, Zhang Kailiang, Zhao Yuan, Nör Jacques E, Wu Junzheng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma exhibit poor long-term prognosis because of the lack of therapeutic strategies that effectively block tumor progression. We have previously characterized the Ms cells as a highly metastatic mucoepidermoid carcinoma cell line that expresses high levels of transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1). Here, we studied the effect of suppressing TGF-β1 by RNA silencing on...
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