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SUBMITTER: Shetty SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7452314 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shetty Smitha Sammith SS Sharma Mohit M Fonseca Felipe Paiva FP Jayaram Pradyumna P Tanwar Ankit Singh AS Kabekkodu Shama Prasada SP Kapaettu Satyamoorthy S Radhakrishnan Raghu R
The Japanese dental science review 20200822 1
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical process that occurs during the embryonic development, wound healing, organ fibrosis and the onset of malignancy. Emerging evidence suggests that the EMT is involved in the invasion and metastasis of cancers. The inflammatory reaction antecedent to fibrosis in the onset of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) and the role of EMT in its malignant transformation indicates a hitherto unexplored involvement of EMT. This review focuses on the role of EMT ...[more]