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Biomarkers for epithelial-mesenchymal transitions
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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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“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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Background
Metadata
- 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)
- PMC
- PMC2689132
- 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
- bronze
- doi.org
- 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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