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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Muh-Hwa Yang
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-29586 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature cell biology 20120311 4
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which is characterized by the suppression of the adhesion protein E-cadherin, is a crucial process that promotes metastasis and stem-like properties of cancer cells. However, the dissociation of cellular aggregates is not sufficient to explain why cancer cells move, and the motile nature of cancer cells undergoing EMT remains elusive. Here, we identify a mechanism in which the EMT inducer Twist1 elicits cancer cell movement through activation of RAC1. Twi ...[more]