Oncogenes and epithelial cell transformation.

Article

Oncogenes and epithelial cell transformation.

Seminars in cancer biology - 1 Apr 1994

Reichmann E

Abstract excerpt

More than 80% of the tumors occurring in man are carcinomas. Despite the prevalence of these epithelial tumors most in vitro studies of oncogenesis have employed mesenchymal rather than epithelial cells. As a result, a detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms of carcinoma formation and...

Topics

Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Epithelial Cells
Genes, ras
Humans
Oncogenes
Phenotype
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun

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