Biology and clinical relevance of EpCAM

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is a transmembrane glycoprotein primarily known to mediate homotypic cell contacts in epithelia tissues. Because EpCAM expression is limited to normal and malignant epithelia, it has been used as diagnostic marker for the detection of carcinoma cells in mese...

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Main Authors: Laura Keller, Stefan Werner, Klaus Pantel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shared Science Publishers OG 2019-05-01
Series:Cell Stress
Subjects:
EMT
Online Access:http://www.cell-stress.com/researcharticles/2019a-keller-cell-stress/