CD44 upregulation in E-cadherin-negative esophageal cancers results in cell invasion.

E-cadherin is frequently lost during epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the progression of epithelial tumorigenesis. We found a marker of epithelial-mesenchymal transition, CD44, upregulated in response to functional loss of E-cadherin in esophageal cell lines and cancer. Loss of E-cadherin expre...

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Main Authors: Grégoire F Le Bras, Gillian L Allison, Nicole F Richards, Shazia S Ansari, M Kay Washington, Claudia D Andl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3206075?pdf=render