Article
Effect of epidermal growth factor on cadherin-mediated adhesion in a human oesophageal cancer cell line.
British journal of cancer - 1 Feb 1995
Shiozaki H, Kadowaki T, Doki Y, Inoue M, Tamura S, Oka H, Iwazawa T, Matsui S, Shimaya K, Takeichi M
Abstract excerpt
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) mediates many pleiotrophic biological effects, one of which is alteration of cellular morphology. In the present study, we examine the possibility that this alteration in cell morphology is caused in part by the dysfunction of cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion using the human oesophageal cancer cell line TE-2R, which expresses E-cadherin and EGF receptor. In the presence of EGF,...
Topics
- Benzoquinones
- Cadherins
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Aggregation
- Cell Line
- Culture Techniques
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Epidermal Growth Factor
- ErbB Receptors
- Esophageal Neoplasms
