Artificially induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in surgical subjects: its implications in clinical and basic cancer research.

BACKGROUND: Surgical samples have long been used as important subjects for cancer research. In accordance with an increase of neoadjuvant therapy, biopsy samples have recently become imperative for cancer transcriptome. On the other hand, both biopsy and surgical samples are available for expression...

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Main Authors: Kazuhiko Aoyagi, Keiko Minashi, Hiroyasu Igaki, Yuji Tachimori, Takao Nishimura, Norikazu Hokamura, Akio Ashida, Hiroyuki Daiko, Atsushi Ochiai, Manabu Muto, Atsushi Ohtsu, Teruhiko Yoshida, Hiroki Sasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3080870?pdf=render