ACTL6A expression promotes invasion, metastasis and epithelial mesenchymal transition of colon cancer

Abstract Background Metastasis is the main cause of death in patients with advanced stage colon cancer. Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays an important role in invasion and metastasis. Actin-like 6A (ACTL6A) is vital for embryogenesis and differentiation and is also critical for metastasi...

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Main Authors: Zhijun Zeng, Hao Yang, Shuai Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
EMT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4931-3