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SUBMITTER: Maacha S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126204 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maacha Selma S Hong Jun J von Lersner Ariana A Zijlstra Andries A Belkhiri Abbes A
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) 20180903 10
Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is a highly aggressive malignancy that is characterized by resistance to chemotherapy and a poor clinical outcome. The overexpression of the receptor tyrosine kinase AXL is frequently associated with unfavorable prognosis in EAC. Although it is well documented that AXL mediates cancer cell invasion as a downstream effector of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, the precise molecular mechanism underlying this process is not completely understood. Herein, we demon ...[more]