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Testing the gene expression classification of the EMT spectrum.
Physical biology - 18 Jan 2019
Jia Dongya, George Jason T, Tripathi Satyendra C, Kundnani Deepali L, Lu Mingyang, Hanash Samir M, Onuchic José N, Jolly Mohit Kumar, Levine Herbert
Abstract excerpt
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a central role in cancer metastasis and drug resistance-two persistent clinical challenges. Epithelial cells can undergo a partial or full EMT, attaining either a hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal (E/M) or mesenchymal phenotype, respectively. Recent studies have emphasized that hybrid E/M cells may be more aggressive than their mesenchymal counterparts. However,...
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