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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in prostatic disease.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 Jan 2015
Broster Seth A, Kyprianou Natasha
Abstract excerpt
A fully differentiated epithelium of the normal prostate gland allows epithelial cells to de-differentiate into mesenchymal-like derivatives via the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and redifferentiate via the reverse process, mesenchymal-epithelial transition. This review discusses the phenotypic changes associated with EMT and its programming in the development of the two growth disorders of...
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