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Thrombospondin 1 promotes an aggressive phenotype through epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human melanoma.
Oncotarget - 30 Jul 2014
Jayachandran Aparna, Anaka Matthew, Prithviraj Prashanth, Hudson Christopher, McKeown Sonja J, Lo Pu-Han, Vella Laura J, Goding Colin R, Cebon Jonathan, Behren Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), in which epithelial cells loose their polarity and become motile mesenchymal cells, is a determinant of melanoma metastasis. We compared gene expression signatures of mesenchymal-like melanoma cells with those of epithelial-like melanoma cells, and identified Thrombospondin 1 (THBS1) as highly up-regulated in the mesenchymal phenotype. This study investigated whether...
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