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Biomarkers for epithelial-mesenchymal transitions

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Zeisberg, Michael, Neilson, Eric G.·2009·Journal of Clinical Investigation

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Somatic cells that change from one mature phenotype to another exhibit the property of plasticity. It is increasingly clear that epithelial and endothelial cells enjoy some of this plasticity, which is easily demonstrated by studying the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Published reports from the literature typically rely on ad hoc criteria for determining EMT events; consequently, there is some uncertainty as to whether the same process occurs under different experimental conditions. As we discuss in this Personal Perspective, we believe that context and various changes in plasticity biomarkers can help identify at least three types of EMT and that using a collection of criteria for EMT increases the likelihood that everyone is studying the same phenomenon - namely, the transition of epithelial and endothelial cells to a motile phenotype.

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  • These proteins are markers of EMT.

    “Moreover, proteins in the most significantly up-regulated network module (Extended Data Fig. 10d, 10f) included collagens (COL1A1 and COL3A1) and extracellular matrix glycoproteins (FN1, BGN, FBN1, and FBN2) that also are markers of EMT34, 35.”

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  1. Chang, H.Y., et al. 2002. Diversity, topographic dif- ferentiation, and positional memory in human fibro- blasts. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 99:12877-12882.

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Authors
Zeisberg, M., & Neilson, E. G.
Affiliations
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
Venue
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Published
2009-06-01
Volume
119
Issue
6
Pages
1429-1437
ISSN
0021-9738 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1996118868
Cited by
2,299
References
124
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R03DK081687, R01DK046282, DK46282, K08DK074558, DK-081687, DK074558)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › TGF-β signaling in diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
Keywords
epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cellular plasticity, epithelial cells, endothelial cells, cell motility
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Epithelial Cells, Fibroblasts, Humans, Neoplasms, Biomarkers, Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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