Article
Epithelial, mesenchymal and hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotypes and their clinical relevance in cancer metastasis.
Expert reviews in molecular medicine - 21 Mar 2017
Garg Minal
Abstract excerpt
Cancer metastasis occurs through local invasion of circulating tumour cells (CTCs), intravasation, transportation to distant sites, and their extravasation followed by colonisation at secondary sites. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a normal developmental phenomenon, but its aberrant activation confers tumour cells with enhanced cell motility, metastatic properties, resistant to therapies and cancer...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Transport
- Biomarkers
- Cytokines
- Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Genetic Association Studies
- Humans
- Inflammation Mediators
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Neoplasms
