| Literature DB >> 22641031 |
Yao Ding1, Kirill Gelfenbeyn, Leonardo Freire-de-Lima, Kazuko Handa, Sen-itiroh Hakomori.
Abstract
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been shown to play a key role in embryogenesis and cancer progression. We previously found that fibronectin (FN) carrying O-GalNAc at a specific site is selectively expressed in cancer and fetal cells/tissues, and termed oncofetal FN (onfFN). Here, we show that (i) a newly-established monoclonal antibody against FN lacking the O-GalNAc, termed normalFN (norFN), is useful for isolation of onfFN, (ii) onfFN, but not norFN, can induce EMT in human lung carcinoma cells, (iii) onfFN has a synergistic effect with transforming growth factor (TGF)β1 in EMT induction.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22641031 PMCID: PMC3377767 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.05.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124