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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): microcentrifuge
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Ulrich Valcourt
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-139 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Valcourt Ulrich U Kowanetz Marcin M Niimi Hideki H Heldin Carl-Henrik CH Moustakas Aristidis A
Molecular biology of the cell 20050202 4
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) contributes to normal tissue patterning and carcinoma invasiveness. We show that transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta/activin members, but not bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) members, can induce EMT in normal human and mouse epithelial cells. EMT correlates with the ability of these ligands to induce growth arrest. Ectopic expression of all type I receptors of the TGF-beta superfamily establishes that TGF-beta but not BMP pathways can elicit EMT. Ectopic ...[more]