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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Antonio Gómez
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-56763 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cancer research 20140808 19
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a plastic process in which fully differentiated epithelial cells are converted into poorly differentiated, migratory and invasive mesenchymal cells, and it has been related to the metastasis potential of tumors. This is a reversible process and cells can also eventually undergo mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition. The existence of a dynamic EMT process suggests the involvement of epigenetic shifts in the phenotype. Herein, we obtained the DNA methyl ...[more]