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Abnormal expression of E‐cadherin in tumor cells is associated with poor prognosis of gastric carcinoma

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Insights into melanoma: targeting the mTOR pathway for therapeutics

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Epigenetic Silencing of SPINT2 Promotes Cancer Cell Motility via HGF-MET Pathway Activation in Melanoma

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The cadherin switch in melanoma instigated by HGF is mediated through epithelial–mesenchymal transition regulators

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Meningeal Melanocytoma Associated with Ipsilateral Nevus of Ota Presenting as Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Case Report

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Autochthonous primary and metastatic melanomas in Hgf‐Cdk4R24C mice evade T‐cell‐mediated immune surveillance

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Modulation of E-Cadherin by Hepatocyte Growth Factor Induces Aggressiveness of Gastric Carcinoma

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Change of E-Cadherin by Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Effects on the Prognosis of Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma

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Interplay between cadherins and α2β1 integrin differentially regulates melanoma cell invasion

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The ethyl acetate extract of PGP (Phellinus linteus grown on Panax ginseng) suppresses B16F10 melanoma cell proliferation through inducing cellular differentiation and apoptosis

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The molecular pathology of cutaneous melanoma

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The genetics of malignant melanoma

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Comprehensive analysis of receptor tyrosine kinase activation in human melanomas reveals autocrine signaling through IGF-1R

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Varying effects of EGF, HGF and TGFβ on formation of invadopodia and invasiveness of melanoma cell lines of different origin

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The MET axis as a therapeutic target

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Macrovipecetin, a C-type lectin from Macrovipera lebetina venom, inhibits proliferation migration and invasion of SK-MEL-28 human melanoma cells and enhances their sensitivity to cisplatin

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Putting melanoma in context: Regulation and function of intercellular communications in melanocytic homeostasis

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E-Cadherin Expression in Melanoma Cells Restores Keratinocyte-Mediated Growth Control and Down-Regulates Expression of Invasion-Related Adhesion Receptors

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Adhesion, migration and communication in melanocytes and melanoma

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HGF/c-MET Signaling in Melanocytes and Melanoma

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H‐Cadherin expression reduces invasion of malignant melanoma

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