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Critical biomarkers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the head and neck cancers.
Journal of cancer research and therapeutics - 1 Jan 2000
Natarajan Jayalakshmi, Chandrashekar Chetana, Radhakrishnan Raghu
Abstract excerpt
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a key developmental program has been shown to occur in wound healing, organ fibrosis and in the initiation of metastasis for cancer progression. EMT is a process that describes the development of motile, mesenchymal-like cells from non-motile parent epithelial cells. Plasticity of the cells enable significant changes in cell phenotypes and this process is governed by the...
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