Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Valerie LeBleu
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-66981 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature 20151111 7579
Diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is associated with a dismal prognosis despite current best therapies; therefore new treatment strategies are urgently required. Numerous studies have suggested that epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) contributes to early-stage dissemination of cancer cells and is pivotal for invasion and metastasis of PDAC. EMT is associated with phenotypic conversion of epithelial cells into mesenchymal-like cells in cell culture conditions, although ...[more]