Elevation of Twist expression by arecoline contributes to the pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF), a chronic progressive scarring disease, has been considered as a precancerous condition of oral mucosa. In this study, we investigated the functional role of Twist, an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) transcriptional factor, in myofibroblastic differentiation ac...

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Main Authors: Yu-Hsien Lee, Li-Chiu Yang, Fang-Wei Hu, Chih-Yu Peng, Chuan-Hang Yu, Cheng-Chia Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664615001795